Bridgekeepers House is a Grade II listed building in the Middlesbrough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1988. Bridgekeeper's house.
Bridgekeepers House
- WRENN ID
- distant-balcony-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Middlesbrough
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East MP: Andy McDonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1988
- Type
- Bridgekeeper's house
- Address
- Bridgekeepers House, Ferry Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 499 211
- Coordinates
- 54.58347, -1.22941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bridgekeeper's House, located approximately 44 meters southwest of the Transporter Bridge on Ferry Road in Middlesbrough, was built in 1911 by G.C. Imbault of Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd. and constructed by Sir William Arroll & Co. Ltd. This building is made of red engineering brick and features a Welsh slate roof. It is two storeys tall with one window. The entrance has a boarded door with an overlight, set under a concrete lintel on the right side. The windows have altered glazing and are topped with concrete lintels and sills. A chamfered corner on the left side displays a bronze tablet commemorating the opening of the bridge by Prince Arthur of Connaught in 1911, located on the ground floor. Above, on the first floor, there is a clock face beneath a short embattled parapet. The left return of the building has a similar two-bay design, while the right return has a one-bay design. This house is included for its group value with the Transporter Bridge.
Local climate
Bridgekeepers House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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