Richmond Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. Bridge.
Richmond Bridge
- WRENN ID
- noble-buttress-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1969
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Richmond Bridge, St. Martin'S
- OS grid reference
- NZ 169 005
- Coordinates
- 54.40044, -1.74027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Richmond Bridge is a Grade II* listed bridge located in Hipswell Sleegill, dated 1788-1789 and designed by John Carr of York. It is constructed from ashlar sandstone and features three segmental arches with voussoirs and hoodmoulds. The bridge has semicircular cutwaters that create pedestrian retreats on the roadway. A band runs below the parapet, which is topped with segmental coping. The parapets return as abutments in the same style.
On the outside face of the downstream parapet, there is a panel inscribed with "REBUILT 1788 1789 II Blegborough T Hogg MAYORS," which has recently been copied onto the inside face of the upstream parapet. The center of the inside face of the downstream parapet has a recut panel inscribed "To Askrigg 18, To Lancaster 56 Miles," along with a benchmark below it. The bridge stands on the site of an older bridge that had four arches, with half of the structure located in the parish of Richmond. It is also recognized as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Richmond Bridge receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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