Ridley Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1967. Bridge.

Ridley Bridge

WRENN ID
tall-flagstone-vermeil
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1967
Type
Bridge
Address
Ridley Bridge, Bardon Mill
OS grid reference
NY 797 647
Coordinates
54.97664, -2.31853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ridley Bridge is a Grade II* listed bridge over the South Tyne, constructed between 1788 and 1791 by Robert Mylne. It is built from squared, tooled, and margined stone and features two lofty segmental arches with arch rings made of deeply tooled stone. The bridge has a central pier with triangular cutwaters and a pilaster above, along with a band located below the parapet. The parapets have sloped coping and splay out at the ends to square piers. On the internal face of the west parapet, there is a panel with the inscription: "BUILT BY THE COUNTY 1792." Additionally, there is a ramped retaining wall made of squared rubble with flat coping that curves from the south end of the eastern parapet, ending at a fifth square pier.

Local climate

Ridley Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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