Railway Indicator Stone C.3 1/2 Metres East of Skew Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Indicator stone.

Railway Indicator Stone C.3 1/2 Metres East of Skew Bridge

WRENN ID
western-timber-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Indicator stone
OS grid reference
NZ 118 256
Coordinates
54.62545, -1.81859
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a railway indicator stone, likely dating from around 1830 for the Stockton and Darlington Railway. It is made of ashlar grit sandstone and is a square block approximately half a metre high with a low pointed top. The stone is set diagonally on the south side of the rail bed. The letter "M" is inscribed on the north-east face, and the letter "C" is on the north-west face, which probably stand for Middlesbrough and Copley, the endpoints of the Hagger Leases branch and the Middlesbrough branch, both established in 1830.

Local climate

Railway Indicator Stone C.3 1/2 Metres East of Skew Bridge receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 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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