Sheepwash Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. Footbridge.
Sheepwash Footbridge
- WRENN ID
- guardian-bracket-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1958
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Sheepwash Footbridge, Rathmell
- OS grid reference
- SD 783 609
- Coordinates
- 54.04426, -2.33163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sheepwash Footbridge is a footbridge, probably from the 17th century, constructed of rubble. It features a segmental arch made of rubble voussoirs and has rubble coping on its parapets.
Local climate
Sheepwash Footbridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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