Description

LUNEDALE B6277, Laithkirk
NY 92 SE
10/122
Lune Bridge
GV
II
Road bridge over the River Lune. Late C18; upstream side widened c.1868 (when
Lune Viaduct built). Sandstone ashlar; rebuilt parapets and snecked, rock-
faced upstream side.

Downstream segmental arch, with flush voussoirs, flanked by battered buttresses;
chamfered band above arch. Upstream segmental arch with projecting rock-faced
voussoirs. Parapets with segmental copings. Attached end walls: flat-coped
to north, about 9.0 metres long and curved on plan; south-east wall ends in a
circular pier with domical cap, south-west wall ends in a rectangular pier.

Included for group value.

This bridge straddles the parishes of Holwick, Middleton and Lunedale.

E Jervoise. The Ancient Bridges of the North of England, 1931 p 48.

Listing NGR: NY9590424041

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26622889

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