Birks Bridge
Birks Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 54°23′02″N 3°10′50″W / 54.38383°N 3.18069°W |
| Crosses | River Duddon |
| Locale | Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Cumbria, England |
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Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Birks Bridge |
| Designated | 05-Mar-1990 |
| Reference no. | 1086826 |
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Birks Bridge is a traditional stone-built bridge over the River Duddon in the English Lake District, in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Cumbria, standing at Grid Reference SD239995.
History and construction
The bridge was built around the 18th century, with voussoirs and inbuilt drainage, and became a listed building in 1990.[1]
Aspect
Birks Bridge is a packhorse bridge of outstanding beauty, even for Lakeland.[2] Hunter Davies described how "the hump-back stone bridge seems itself to be a work of nature, blending and melding so well with the rocks either side".[3] Wainwright considered this a tribute to the artistry of craftsmen of former times.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Historic England. "Birks Bridge (Grade II) (1086826)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Conduit, Brian (1991). Lake District Walks. Jarrold. p. 67. ISBN 0711704635.
- ^ Davies, Hunter (1989). A Walk Around the Lakes. Arrow Books. p. 68. ISBN 0099504804.
- ^ Wainwright, Alfred (1996). Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland. Michael Joseph. p. 106. ISBN 0718134885.
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