Whorlton Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1952. A Georgian Bridge.
Whorlton Bridge
- WRENN ID
- standing-lancet-gold
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- NZ 106 145
- Coordinates
- 54.52632, -1.83671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whorlton Bridge is a suspension road bridge that crosses the River Tees. It was built between 1829 and 1831 by John and Benjamin Green. The bridge features rock-faced sandstone piers and tooled-and-margined pylons, with a wood-planked roadway deck supported by wrought-iron suspension chains and links. The single span of the bridge measures almost 53 metres. The rectangular-plan piers and pylons at both the north and south ends have a slightly battered profile and rise from a massive plinth to a double blocking course. Above these piers, two additional piers rise on either side of the roadway, terminating above a cornice where the double suspension chains pass through. The roadway is situated 10 metres above the river and is bordered by simple railings. At the north-east and south-east ends, the bridge is finished with squat octagonal-plan piers that have corniced caps. Whorlton Bridge spans the parishes of Whorlton and Wycliffe with Thorpe.
Local climate
Whorlton Bridge receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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