Bear's Bridge Over the Dewsgreen Burn is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Bear's Bridge Over the Dewsgreen Burn

WRENN ID
hushed-attic-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1985
Type
Bridge
Address
Bear's Bridge Over the Dewsgreen Burn, Plenmeller with Whitfield, NE47 8HA
OS grid reference
NY 780 573
Coordinates
54.91051, -2.34362
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bear's Bridge over the Dewsgreen Burn is a bridge dated 1759, featuring the initials W.O. (William Ord) on the internal face of the east parapet. It is constructed of coursed rubble with a squared stone parapet and piers. The bridge has an elliptical arch with an arch ring, and the chamfered parapet terminates in plain square piers with a band.

Local climate

Bear's Bridge Over the Dewsgreen Burn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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