Witton Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. A Georgian Bridge.

Witton Bridge

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Period
Georgian
Address
Witton Bridge, River Wear, Witton-Le-Wear
OS grid reference
NZ 147 307
Coordinates
54.67141, -1.7723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Witton Bridge is a bridge built around 1788, constructed from sandstone ashlar. It features two low segmental arches and has a central triangular cutwater on each side that slopes into half-hexagonal refuges. The parapet, which is at road-bed level, ends in low round piers and has chamfered coping.

Local climate

Witton Bridge receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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