Greta Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Greta Bridge
- WRENN ID
- second-step-ebony
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Greta Bridge, Rokeby, DL12 9SD
- OS grid reference
- NZ 086 131
- Coordinates
- 54.51375, -1.86851
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a bridge, built in 1773 by John Carr for John Sawry Morritt. It is constructed from tooled-and-margined ashlar with smooth ashlar dressings. The bridge features a semicircular arch approximately 24 metres wide, with a moulded arch ring and paterae in the spandrels. Broad pilasters flank the arch, supporting domed niches with moulded sills and aprons. A band runs below the parapet, featuring arched coping blocks linked by iron ties, with a central section incorporating five lengths of turned balustrade. The wing walls splay outwards to round end piers with domed tops. A round-arched cow creep is located beneath the western abutment.
This elegant bridge was built at a cost of £850, replacing a structure reportedly of Roman origin. Greta Bridge has been depicted in paintings by Cotman, Girtin, and numerous other artists. The bridge is partly situated within the parish of Rokeby.
Local climate
Greta Bridge receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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