Little Whessoe occupation bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2022. Railway overbridge.
Little Whessoe occupation bridge
- WRENN ID
- silent-spindle-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2022
- Type
- Railway overbridge
- OS grid reference
- NZ 279 188
- Coordinates
- 54.56411, -1.56908
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Whessoe occupation bridge is a railway overbridge designed by Thomas Storey for the Stockton & Darlington Railway, built in 1832. The bridge is constructed from rock-faced ashlar sandstone and features a basket arch made of voussoirs, designed to accommodate a dual track railway line.
A roll-moulded string course forms an arch ring around the voussoirs, merging into a second, more pronounced string course that marks the base of the parapet. The parapet is topped with a triangular coping, and the inner face of the parapets is smoothly dressed rather than rock-faced. The road deck has a narrow waisted plan form, with the parapets flaring outwards beyond the pilasters that flank the arch.
Local climate
Little Whessoe occupation bridge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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