Bridge Over the River Skerne is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1990. Bridge.

Bridge Over the River Skerne

WRENN ID
bitter-merlon-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1990
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over the River Skerne, Russel Street
OS grid reference
NZ 291 148
Coordinates
54.52777, -1.5507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the River Skerne was built in 1881 and designed by engineer John Dunning, with construction by Pease and Fry. It features rock-faced ashlar, red brick, and cast iron materials. This single-span road bridge has a small round-arched cut-water on the side. The straight ashlar side walls are supported by four square ashlar piers with panel sides and pyramidal caps, although three of these are now missing. The bridge is adorned with cast iron balustrades that have an unusual lattice design, and below these are four iron panels inscribed with "ERECTED BY MESSERS PEASE & FRY : 1881 : JOHN DUNNING ENGINEER."

Local climate

Bridge Over the River Skerne receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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