Rustic Bridge Over River Skell Approximately 350 Metres South-East of Outlet from the Lake, with Ford Approximately 2 Metres to South is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Bridge.
Rustic Bridge Over River Skell Approximately 350 Metres South-East of Outlet from the Lake, with Ford Approximately 2 Metres to South
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- 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
- OS grid reference
- SE 284 691
- Coordinates
- 54.11709, -1.56605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rustic Bridge over the River Skell, located approximately 350 metres south-east of the outlet from the Lake, features a ford about 2 metres to the south. The ford dates from around 1740 and was constructed for John Aislabie, while the bridge was likely built before 1781 for William Aislabie. The ford consists of gritstone setts bordered by curbstones and is approximately 3 metres wide.
The bridge is made of gritstone rubble and boulders, incorporating tufa blocks. It has a single-span shallow segmental arch constructed with dressed rubble and voussoirs. The parapet is topped with rubble, and large worn boulders serve as terminals. The stones are mortared but arranged to create the appearance of dry walling. This bridge supports a narrow bridle or pedestrian pathway and replaces an earlier bridge built around 1740 in a Chinese Chippendale style, which provided access to the pagoda in the now-demolished Chinese Wood further east. The bridge is adorned with a rich growth of plants, enhanced by carefully recessed pointing.
Local climate
Rustic Bridge Over River Skell Approximately 350 Metres South-East of Outlet from the Lake, with Ford Approximately 2 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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