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
Country
England
Date first listed
7 January 1952
Type
Bridge
Period
Georgian
Source
Historic England listing

Description

NZ 11 SW WHORLTON WHORLTON

8/81 Whorlton Bridge 7.1.52 II *

Suspension road bridge crossing the River Tees. 1829-31 by John and Benjamin Green. Rock-faced sandstone piers; tooled-and-margined pylons; wood-planked roadway deck; wrought-iron suspension chains and links. Single span of almost 53 metres. Rectangular-plan piers and pylons at north and south ends of-bridge have slightly-battered profile. Piers rise from massive plinth to a double blocking course. Upon these piers two piers rise to either side of roadway and terminate, above a cornice, with a block through which the double suspension chains pass. Roadway, 10 metres above river, has simple railings. North-east and south-east ends of bridge terminated by squat octagonal-plan piers with corniced caps.

Whorlton Bridge straddles the parishes of Whorlton and Wycliffe with Thorpe.

Listing NGR: NZ1066714571

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