The Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1975. Footbridge.
The Packhorse Bridge
- WRENN ID
- tangled-lancet-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1975
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- The Packhorse Bridge, Quarry Bank Road, Styal
- OS grid reference
- SJ 834 830
- Coordinates
- 53.34404, -2.25034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Packhorse Bridge is a footbridge over the River Bollin, built in 1820 by John Mellor of Rainow for Samuel Greg. It features bossed pink sandstone and has a single segmental arch supported by low piers. The bridge carries a narrow footway with a heavy rounded coping, which stands on ten rough piers to create an open parapet. An inscription reading "J Mellor 1820" is located under the arch on the east side. This bridge is similar to others on the estate and near the mill, but it is only matched in quality by the bridge in the Northern Woods and is the only dated example.
Local climate
The Packhorse Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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