Falstone Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Bridge.
Falstone Bridge
- WRENN ID
- keen-cornice-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1988
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NY 722 871
- Coordinates
- 55.17757, -2.4371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Falstone Bridge, built in 1843 by Henry Welch, is a bridge made of rock-faced stone. It features three broad segmental arches with prominent voussoirs and rounded cutwaters. The bridge has a plain parapet with arched coping that flares out at each end. On the western parapet, there is a cast-iron plate inscribed with "HENRY WELCH, ENGINEER - JOHN RIDLEY, INSPECTOR, 1843." The eastern parapet bears the inscription "SURTEES and STEEL CONTRACTORS 1843."
Local climate
Falstone Bridge receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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