Bridge Over Thornhope Beck is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. A C18 Bridge.

Bridge Over Thornhope Beck

WRENN ID
dim-facade-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over Thornhope Beck, Leazes Lane, Wolsingham
OS grid reference
NZ 068 377
Coordinates
54.73501, -1.89568
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a bridge over Thornhope Beck, built in the late 18th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and features a recessed segmental arch. There is a band at road bed level beneath the parapet, which has low-sloped stone coping that ends in round piers. The coping is continuous and slightly domed over the piers. The bridge is higher at the center of the arch and has wide-sweeping abutments.

Local climate

Bridge Over Thornhope Beck receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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