Rustic Bridge Over River Skell Approximately 700 Metres South-East of the Outlet from the Lake, with Ford Approximately 4 Metres to South is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. A Georgian Bridge.

Rustic Bridge Over River Skell Approximately 700 Metres South-East of the Outlet from the Lake, with Ford Approximately 4 Metres to South

WRENN ID
gentle-pavement-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1986
Type
Bridge
Period
Georgian
OS grid reference
SE 288 690
Coordinates
54.11658, -1.55964
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rustic Bridge over the River Skell, located approximately 700 metres south-east of the outlet from the Lake and with a ford about 4 metres to the south, is a notable structure. The ford dates back to around 1740 and was created for John Aislabie, while the bridge was likely built before 1781 for William Aislabie. The ford features gritstone setts bordered by curbstones and is approximately 3 metres wide.

The bridge itself is constructed from gritstone rubble and boulders, incorporating tufa blocks. It has a single-span shallow segmental arch with dressed rubble voussoirs. The parapet is made of rubble, and large boulders are used at the terminals. The stones are mortared but arranged to resemble dry walling. This bridge carries a narrow bridle or pedestrian pathway and replaced an earlier structure built around 1740 in a Chinese Chippendale style, which provided access to the pagoda in the Chinese Wood to the east, now demolished.

Local climate

Rustic Bridge Over River Skell Approximately 700 Metres South-East of the Outlet from the Lake, with Ford Approximately 4 Metres to South receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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