Marker Stone on Bridge Over Bollihope Burn is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Marker stone.
Marker Stone on Bridge Over Bollihope Burn
- WRENN ID
- ancient-gravel-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Marker stone
- Address
- Marker Stone on Bridge Over Bollihope Burn, Bishopley, Stanhope
- OS grid reference
- NZ 030 360
- Coordinates
- 54.71906, -1.95479
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a railway marker stone located on a bridge over Bollihope Burn, dating from around 1847. The stone is made of sandstone and stands about half a metre high with a rounded top. It is inscribed with the letter "W" and likely marks the line of the Weardale Branch.
Local climate
Marker Stone on Bridge Over Bollihope Burn 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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