Causey Arch is a Grade I listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1950. Bridge.

Causey Arch

WRENN ID
other-steeple-sienna
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1950
Type
Bridge
Address
Causey Arch, Causey Road, Stanley
OS grid reference
NZ 201 558
Coordinates
54.8974, -1.68772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Causey Arch is a Grade I listed wagonway bridge built in 1727 by Ralph Wood for Mr. Wortley and Colonel Liddell. The date is inscribed on a stone at the foot of the west abutment, which is signed by B. Horne. The bridge is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and measures 105 feet long and 80 feet high. It features a round arch made of three courses of voussoirs, with the inner part recessed, and wide buttresses. It likely did not have parapets originally, but a railing was added in the 20th century. Causey Arch is considered the first railway bridge in the world and showcases the early technological skills of engineers from the Northumberland and Durham coalfields.

Local climate

Causey Arch receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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