Framwellgate Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. A Early C15 Bridge.
Framwellgate Bridge
- WRENN ID
- frozen-courtyard-umber
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Framwellgate Bridge, River Wear, City of Durham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 272 424
- Coordinates
- 54.77607, -1.57811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Framwellgate Bridge is a Grade I listed bridge, originally built in the early 15th century as a replacement for an early 12th-century structure, and widened in the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. The south side features two wide elliptical arches that have three chamfers, a central cutwater, and iron cladding at the springing on the outer ribs. There are seven square ribs and an additional cutwater at the east end, along with one land arch visible. The bridge has bands at road bed level that dip towards stone drains. The renewed parapet has chamfered coping, and there are three 20th-century cast-iron lamps on the parapet on each side, marked with the founder's mark of Bromford Tube Co. The bridge is also a scheduled ancient monument.
Local climate
Framwellgate Bridge receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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