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.

Bridge Over River Wear

WRENN ID
winding-pewter-rye
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
Bridge Over River Wear, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NY 866 391
Coordinates
54.7469, -2.2091
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the River Wear, located in Stanhope West Blackdene, is likely from the 18th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. The bridge features two wide segmental recessed arches, which are accompanied by narrow drip strings. It has flank cut waters with low rounded coping. The parapets are topped with round coping.

Local climate

Bridge Over River Wear sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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