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Birks Bridge

Coordinates: 54°23′02″N 3°10′50″W / 54.38383°N 3.18069°W / 54.38383; -3.18069
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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
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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

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The bridge was built around the 18th century, with voussoirs and inbuilt drainage, and became a listed building in 1990.[1]

Aspect

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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

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References

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  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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