Diddridge Bridge Over Linburn Beck is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. A C18 Bridge.
Diddridge Bridge Over Linburn Beck
- WRENN ID
- buried-roof-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Diddridge Bridge Over Linburn Beck, Diddridge Lane, Hamsterley
- OS grid reference
- NZ 132 299
- Coordinates
- 54.66447, -1.79599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Diddridge Bridge over Linburn Beck is an 18th-century bridge located on Diddridge Lane in Hamsterley. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. The bridge features a hump-backed design with round, rubble-coped parapets that sit above high segmental arches, which are accented by voussoirs.
Local climate
Diddridge Bridge Over Linburn Beck 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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