Bridge, 220 Metres North of East Mellwaters Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Road bridge.
Bridge, 220 Metres North of East Mellwaters Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- odd-gateway-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Road bridge
- OS grid reference
- NY 967 128
- Coordinates
- 54.51102, -2.05134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a road bridge located 220 metres north of East Mellwaters Farmhouse, likely built in the mid-18th century and featuring a rebuilt parapet. The bridge is constructed of coursed rubble with a dressed stone arch. Both sides of the bridge are similar, showcasing a segmental arch with flush voussoirs that rests on a tall plinth made of squared stones. The bridge has a rising curved parapet topped with roughly-shaped, upright coping stones, and the ends are splayed.
Local climate
Bridge, 220 Metres North of East Mellwaters Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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