Whashton Bridge Over Hartforth Beck is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1987. Bridge.

Whashton Bridge Over Hartforth Beck

WRENN ID
broken-quoin-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1987
Type
Bridge
Address
Whashton Bridge Over Hartforth Beck, Comfort Lane
OS grid reference
NZ 155 067
Coordinates
54.45621, -1.76158
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whashton Bridge over Hartforth Beck is a packhorse-type bridge, likely built in the 18th century and early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of rubble and has been widened on the upstream side. The bridge features a single segmental arch. On the downstream side, the arch and soffit are made of rubble voussoirs, while the upstream side has an arch and soffit of dressed stone. The coping on the downstream side consists of segmental coping, while the upstream side has coping made of roughly dressed stones set on edge.

Local climate

Whashton Bridge Over Hartforth Beck receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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