Blackfriars Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. Bridge. 3 related planning applications.
Blackfriars Bridge
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-gutter-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Blackfriars Bridge, Blackfriars Street, M3 2EQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 836 985
- Coordinates
- 53.48381, -2.24784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blackfriars Bridge is a public road bridge built around 1820, located on Blackfriars Street in Manchester. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features three spans in a Classical style. The bridge has three semicircular arches, with the eastern end partially embedded in the river bank. The arches are adorned with vermiculated rusticated voussoirs, triangular cutwaters, and low piers that have rounded ends. From these piers rise pairs of Ionic semicolumns, supporting a plain frieze and a dentilled cornice that projects forward over the columns. In the 20th century, the original parapet was replaced with tubular iron railings, which were further updated to stone-clad reinforced concrete in 1991.
Local climate
Blackfriars Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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