Railway Marker About 600 Metres South of Weatherhill Engine is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Marker stone.

Railway Marker About 600 Metres South of Weatherhill Engine

WRENN ID
graven-brass-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Marker stone
OS grid reference
NY 996 417
Coordinates
54.77035, -2.00697
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a railway marker stone dating from around 1845, located approximately 600 metres south of the Weatherhill engine. It is made of sandstone and stands about one metre high, featuring a round top and pecked sides. The letters "S&D/R" are inscribed in Roman capitals on the west face of the stone. This marker indicates the eastern edge of the railway incline that was first engineered by T.E. Harrison and R. Stephenson for the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Company in 1832.

Local climate

Railway Marker About 600 Metres South of Weatherhill Engine receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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