Birks Bridge
Coordinates54°23′02″N 3°10′50″W / 54.38383°N 3.18069°W / 54.38383; -3.18069
CrossesRiver Duddon
LocaleDunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Cumbria, England
Statistics
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameBirks Bridge
Designated05-Mar-1990
Reference no.1086826
Location

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

  1. Historic England. "Birks Bridge (Grade II) (1086826)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. Conduit, Brian (1991). Lake District Walks. Jarrold. p. 67. ISBN 0711704635.
  3. Davies, Hunter (1989). A Walk Around the Lakes. Arrow Books. p. 68. ISBN 0099504804.
  4. Wainwright, Alfred (1996). Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland. Michael Joseph. p. 106. ISBN 0718134885.


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