Lamb Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. A Industrial Bridge.
Lamb Bridge
- WRENN ID
- gentle-eave-dust
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Industrial
- Address
- Lamb Bridge, North Lodge
- OS grid reference
- NZ 294 524
- Coordinates
- 54.86579, -1.54287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lamb Bridge is a bridge built in 1819 by Ignatius Bonomi for John Lambton, who later became the 1st Earl of Durham. It is a slightly hump-backed, single-track bridge that crosses the River Wear. The bridge is constructed from ashlar sandstone, featuring dressed stone end walls and cast-iron railings.
Both sides of the bridge are identical, showcasing a slightly-pointed arch that spans 25 metres, with a roll-moulded arch band. The parapet and band at road level slope down in a series of steps on either side of the apex. The parapet has chamfered coping and splayed ends. The rectangular-plan end abutments rise to create pedestals on either side of the roadway, each adorned with a cornice and a carved stone lamb. The low, splayed end walls have flat coping and railings. The railings feature alternating arcaded and wavy bars, a double top rail with scrollwork infill, and square-plan end posts.
This bridge is located at the boundary of the parishes of Bournmoor and North Lodge.
Local climate
Lamb Bridge receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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