Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. Footbridge.

Footbridge

WRENN ID
rusted-roof-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1985
Type
Footbridge
Address
Footbridge, West Road, Ovingham
OS grid reference
NZ 083 636
Coordinates
54.9672, -1.87093
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century footbridge made of dressed stone. It features a narrow design with two segmental arches that have arch bands. There is a triangular cutwater between the arches. The bridge has a plain parapet with a chamfered top. The approach walls splay outwards and are topped with ridged coping.

Local climate

Footbridge receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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