Bridge and Gateway Approx 750 Yards West of Belsay Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Bridge, gateway.
Bridge and Gateway Approx 750 Yards West of Belsay Castle
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Bridge, gateway
- OS grid reference
- NZ 077 785
- Coordinates
- 55.10124, -1.88006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a bridge and gateway built in the 18th century, located approximately 750 yards west of Belsay Castle. The structure is made of dressed stone and ashlar. The bridge features a small single segmental arch and has a low chamfered parapet that widens at the west end. Behind the bridge, the gateway's screen walls splay outward and create a rectangular enclosure in front of the gate. The walls are about 4 feet high and have flat coping. The gateway is flanked by square gate piers topped with pyramidal caps.
Local climate
Bridge and Gateway Approx 750 Yards West of Belsay Castle receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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