Lintzgarth Bridge Over Rookhope Burn is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Bridge.

Lintzgarth Bridge Over Rookhope Burn

WRENN ID
deep-pedestal-mist
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
Lintzgarth Bridge Over Rookhope Burn, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NY 923 429
Coordinates
54.78142, -2.12075
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lintzgarth Bridge over Rookhope Burn is a 19th-century bridge constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. It features two low segmental arches that are flanked by central round-topped cutwaters. At the south end, there is a shallow pilaster, and the bridge has a parapet with low rounded coping.

Local climate

Lintzgarth Bridge Over Rookhope Burn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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