Piercebridge Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1952. Road bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Piercebridge Bridge
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-rubblework-ridge
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1952
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- Piercebridge Bridge, B6275
- OS grid reference
- NZ 210 155
- Coordinates
- 54.53488, -1.67575
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Piercebridge Bridge is a road bridge over the River Tees, dating from the early 16th century. It was widened on the downstream side in 1781, although a plaque dated 1673 is no longer legible. The bridge is constructed from dressed and ashlar sandstone.
On the upstream side, it features three wide arches arranged in two stepped orders, with a segmental central arch and slightly pointed flanking arches. Stepped triangular-plan cutwaters flank the central arch, rising to create pedestrian refuges. The parapet, which is slightly raked on either side of the center, includes a band at road level and chamfered coping. A segmental relieving arch supports the parapet at the north end.
The downstream face has similar cutwaters flanking the central arch, with segmental arches that have roll-moulded arch bands. The north end walls are splayed, while the south end walls curve, and both ends feature cylindrical piers. This bridge spans the parishes of Piercebridge and Cliffe in North Yorkshire and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Piercebridge Bridge receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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