Farleton Turnpike Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Bridge.
Farleton Turnpike Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal
- WRENN ID
- quartered-hall-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Farleton Turnpike Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal, A6070, Beetham
- OS grid reference
- SD 533 810
- Coordinates
- 54.2231, -2.71699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Farleton Turnpike Bridge over the Kendal/Lancaster Canal is a canal bridge built around 1816. It was likely designed by engineer John Fletcher, based on the original designs of John Rennie, whose route for the canal was authorized in 1792. The bridge is constructed of squared coursed limestone, featuring a limestone string course, copings, and a rounded fender course. It has a single elliptical arch made of rusticated voussoirs and a keystone. The shallow arched parapets are complemented by pilasters at each end, with an approximate distance of 6 meters between the parapets. The bridge is positioned at a skew angle to the direction of the canal. It was built to a high standard for the Turnpike Trust, as indicated by the original specification that was put out to tender in 1815, which is preserved in the Kendal Record Office.
Local climate
Farleton Turnpike Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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