Podge Hole Bridge and Wall with Tail Race is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Bridge.

Podge Hole Bridge and Wall with Tail Race

WRENN ID
waning-porch-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1987
Type
Bridge
Address
Podge Hole Bridge and Wall with Tail Race, Emms Hill Lane, South Bedburn
OS grid reference
NZ 090 290
Coordinates
54.65688, -1.86075
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Podge Hole Bridge and Wall with Tail Race is a bridge and retaining wall featuring a mill tail race opening, located on Emms Hill Lane in South Bedburn. The structure is built from sandstone rubble using dry construction techniques, with an ashlar lintel above the tail race. The bridge has a segmental arch made of rough voussoirs, topped by hump-backed parapets that have oblique coping. The retaining wall, which is at a right angle to the southeast corner of the bridge, also features similar coping. The tail race opening is situated approximately 2 meters from the bridge, leading to the stream.

Local climate

Podge Hole Bridge and Wall with Tail Race 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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