Lune Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Bridge.
Lune Bridge
- WRENN ID
- south-chalk-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Lune Bridge, B6277, Lunedale
- OS grid reference
- NY 959 240
- Coordinates
- 54.61152, -2.06494
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lune Bridge is a road bridge over the River Lune, built in the late 18th century. The upstream side was widened around 1868, coinciding with the construction of the Lune Viaduct. The bridge is made of sandstone ashlar, featuring rebuilt parapets and a snecked, rock-faced upstream side.
The downstream segmental arch has flush voussoirs and is flanked by battered buttresses, with a chamfered band above the arch. The upstream segmental arch has projecting rock-faced voussoirs. The parapets have segmental copings. The attached end walls are flat-coped on the north side, measuring about 9.0 metres long and curved in plan. The south-east wall ends in a circular pier with a domical cap, while the south-west wall ends in a rectangular pier.
This bridge is noted for its group value and spans the parishes of Holwick, Middleton, and Lunedale.
Local climate
Lune Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% 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 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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