Frosterley Bridge Over River Wear is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Bridge.

Frosterley Bridge Over River Wear

WRENN ID
stark-lantern-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Bridge
Address
Frosterley Bridge Over River Wear, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NZ 022 368
Coordinates
54.72659, -1.96588
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Frosterley Bridge over the River Wear is a bridge built in 1813, constructed from sandstone ashlar. It features three recessed, segmental arches, with the inner arch flanked by cutwaters that slope inward to create pedestrian refuges in the parapet. The outer arches are flanked by pilasters. There is a band at road bed level, which is higher at the center of the river. The bridge has a chamfered parapet with canted refuges, and it ends in round piers that have bands below low-domed coping.

Local climate

Frosterley Bridge Over River Wear sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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