Bridge About 30 Metres South of the Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1988. Bridge.

Bridge About 30 Metres South of the Manor House

WRENN ID
grim-gateway-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Darlington
Constituency
Stockton West MP: Matt Vickers (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1988
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NZ 346 109
Coordinates
54.49308, -1.4666
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This small, single-track bridge is located about 30 metres south of The Manor House in Low Dinsdale. It spans the drained inner moat of the Manor House site and is possibly of late medieval origin, although it has been significantly altered over time. The bridge features sandstone rubble walls topped with thin flat coping stones.

On the east face, there is a narrow segmental arch made with dressed voussoirs, and the roughly-stepped parapet projects forward near the north end. The west face does not show the arch because the ground is banked up against the wall, and the parapet is splayed towards the north end. A large circular stone plaque from the late 19th century is located on the inner face of the east parapet, displaying the Surtees family crest and the motto: MALO MORI QUAM FOE DARI, which translates to "I would rather die than be disgraced."

Local climate

Bridge About 30 Metres South of the Manor House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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