Howlea Bridge Over Bedburn Beck is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. A Late 18th century Bridge.
Howlea Bridge Over Bedburn Beck
- WRENN ID
- over-chancel-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Late 18th century
- Address
- Howlea Bridge Over Bedburn Beck, Howlea Lane, South Bedburn
- OS grid reference
- NZ 110 319
- Coordinates
- 54.68256, -1.82943
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Howlea Bridge over Bedburn Beck is a bridge, likely built in the late 18th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. The bridge features a recessed segmental arch with voussoirs. The rubble parapets are slightly raised over the center of the arch, following the line of the road bed, and it has probably been altered from its original hump-back design. The coping of the parapet is block-shaped.
Local climate
Howlea Bridge Over Bedburn Beck receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 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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