Old Bridge Over nor Beck, on East Side of Road is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Bridge.
Old Bridge Over nor Beck, on East Side of Road
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-minaret-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Old Bridge Over nor Beck, on East Side of Road, Norbeck Bank, Barningham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 084 108
- Coordinates
- 54.49324, -1.87089
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bridge over Nor Beck, located on the east side of the road, is a bridge that likely dates from the 18th century. It is constructed of rubble with cut voussoirs and features a flat slab parapet coping. The bridge has a single segmental arch. Notably, the coping on the east side slopes upwards at the south end and terminates at the north end with a large upright block that has a socket at the top.
Local climate
Old Bridge Over nor Beck, on East Side of Road 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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