Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. A Post-Medieval Bridge.
Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-remnant-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge, Abbey Lane, Egglestone Abbey
- OS grid reference
- NZ 062 152
- Coordinates
- 54.53221, -1.90511
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bow Bridge, also known as Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge, is a packhorse bridge that likely dates back to the 17th century. It is constructed from squared, roughly-tooled stone and features a hog-backed design with a single segmental arch. The bridge has low, flat-topped parapets, and the invert is paved with large cobbles. Part of the bridge is located in Startforth parish.
Local climate
Bow Bridge or Thorsgill Beck Packhorse Bridge receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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