Editing Piercebridge (section)

==Preservation==
Within the village there are numerous [[Georgian era|Georgian]] and [[Victorian era|Victorian]] cottages: some painted white or cream; some of one storey only. There are several Grade II [[listed building]]s in the village and its environs, including White Cross Farmhouse, White Cross Cottage, Carlbury Bridge, Piercebridge Grange Farmhouse, the Church of St Mary and its wall and gate, and numbers 2, 28, 29 and 30 on The Green. The Grange farm buildings, however, were developed into residential properties in 2008.<ref name="CharltonsGrange08">{{cite web|url=http://www.charltonsestateagents.com/details.php?id=1857|title=Charltons|year=2008|work=Details for Piercebridge Grange – For Sale|access-date=12 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708135559/http://www.charltonsestateagents.com/details.php?id=1857|archive-date=8 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Piercebridge Roman Bridge]] and the [[Middle Ages|medieval]] chapel ruins on [[Roman Britain|Roman]] foundations behind Bath House in Tees View are [[listed building|listed]] Grade II*.<ref name="DarlingtonListedBuildings08"/> The bridge carrying the main B6275 road was originally built in the early 16th century and was widened in 1781; it is Grade II* listed and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1145843 |desc=PIERCEBRIDGE BRIDGE|date =3 November 2000 |access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref> The village green contains some very old trees, and in the river are [[brown trout|trout]] and [[Thymallus thymallus|grayling]].<ref name="InfoBritainGuide">{{cite web|url=http://www.information-britain.co.uk/county40/townguidePiercebridge+On+Tees/|title=Information Britain|year=2009|work=A guide to Piercebridge on Tees|access-date=9 March 2010}}</ref> At the north end of the village, near the A67 is the Carlbury Arms pub.<ref name="LivingCarlburyArms09">{{cite web|url=http://www.livingnortheast.co.uk/restaurant/4225718.Carlbury_Arms__Piercebridge/|title=Living: restaurant guide|date=23 March 2009|work=Carlbury Arms, Piercebridge|access-date=12 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619074854/http://livingnortheast.co.uk/restaurant/4225718.Carlbury_Arms__Piercebridge/|archive-date=19 June 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There is also a Farmway Country Store and Piercebridge Feed Company, retailing rural supplies.<ref name="Farmway09">{{cite web|url=http://www.farmway.co.uk/corporate/|title=Farmway|year=2009|work=Suppliers to the rural community|access-date=12 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618064453/http://www.farmway.co.uk/corporate/|archive-date=18 June 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The dismantled [[Tees Valley Railway]] has become the Tees Valley Railway Path.<ref name="TeesValleyRailwayPath">{{cite web|url=http://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Tees+Valley+Railway+Path|title=The long distance walkers association|work=[[Tees Valley Railway]] Path|access-date=12 March 2010}}</ref> Church services are held at St Mary's every other week,<ref name="StMarysChurch">{{cite web|url=http://www.churchindarlington.org.uk/churches/a_st_marys_piercebridge.htm|title=Churchindarlington.org.uk|work=St Mary's Church, Piercebridge|access-date=12 March 2010}}</ref> and there is also a [[Wesleyanism|Wesleyan]] [[Methodism|Methodist]] chapel.<ref name="WesleyanChapelPhoto">{{cite web|url=http://www.durham-pa.gov.uk/durhamcc/DRE.nsf/DREPicture?readform&PIC=dre/m/09699.jpg&NAME=Piercebridge,+Wesleyan+Chapel&IMGID=M9099&KEYWORD=Wesleyan+Methodists |title=durham-pa.gov.uk |year=1981 |work=Piercebridge, Wesleyan chapel |publisher=Durham County Council |access-date=12 March 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="MethodistChurcharchives">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O98239|title=The National Archives|year=2009|work=Piercebridge Methodist Church, 1864–1961 minutes and accounts|access-date=12 March 2010}}</ref>