Hartford Bridge Over the River Blyth (That Part in Blyth Valley District) is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1987. Bridge.

Hartford Bridge Over the River Blyth (That Part in Blyth Valley District)

WRENN ID
steep-brick-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1987
Type
Bridge
Address
Hartford Bridge Over the River Blyth (That Part in Blyth Valley District), A1068, Cramlington
OS grid reference
NZ 242 799
Coordinates
55.11362, -1.62094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hartford Bridge spans the River Blyth and dates from the 15th or 16th century. It was widened in 1688 and again partly rebuilt in 1904. The north arch features squared stone on the east side, while the remainder of the east face is made of tooled-and-margined stone. The west face is constructed from snecked rock-faced stone with ashlar voussoirs and a tooled-and-margined parapet, which has a brick soffit in the western part. The bridge has three segmental arches. The east face displays a triple-chamfered arch from the 15th or 16th century on the right, with large triangular cutwaters that support shallow pilaster buttresses. There is a band below the parapet, which has chamfered coping and low end piers. The west face features lower curved cutwaters with a moulded cornice and similar pilasters. The bridge is partly located in the Wansbeck District and has group value with Hartford Bridge House in Wansbeck.

Local climate

Hartford Bridge Over the River Blyth (That Part in Blyth Valley District) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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