Cover Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1985. Bridge.

Cover Bridge

WRENN ID
salt-vault-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1985
Type
Bridge
Address
Cover Bridge, East Witton
OS grid reference
SE 144 870
Coordinates
54.2786, -1.77965
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cover Bridge is an 18th-century bridge constructed of ashlar stone. It features a single segmental arch, which is divided into two longitudinal halves of the same design, with evenly spaced voussoirs. The bridge has a string course and its parapets are topped with saddleback coping, ending in circular bollards.

Local climate

Cover 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 greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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