Packhorse Bridge, Two Butt Lane

Packhorse Bridge, built around 1759, spans Pendlebury Brook.

The bridge is constructed from a mix of rough-hewn, punched, and tooled New Red Sandstone blocks, and features a modern tamped grit surface. It has a 'J'-plan with a single span and curved southern abutments, aligned roughly from north-east to south-west.

The bridge has a single span with a segmental arch that crosses Pendlebury Brook. The arch features roughly hewn keystones and voussoirs that rise off skew back stones resting directly on coursed squared piers. The underside of the arch has a squared stone surface, although it has suffered some fracturing, particularly at the apex. The eastern arch is flush with a slightly projecting keystone, while the western arch is set back beneath an archivolt. The eastern keystone is severely eroded, and an adjacent voussoir to the right bears a faint inscription of an underscored W, possibly indicating the Hundred of (West) Derby; any other lettering is illegible. The western keystone is also badly eroded, with only the letters H D remaining legible. The adjacent voussoir to the right has a faint inscription reading H D / 1759. The abutments are made of graduated coursed tooled stone blocks, with modern repairs at the upper course, featuring flat coping stones that define the edge of the path and support modern painted tubular steel hand railings.

The bridge deck is flat and has a modern tamped grit surface. The parapet walls are low and rounded, with the eastern parapet consisting of two large stone blocks with sloped ends. The western parapet has three blocks, with a sloped southern end and a vertical northern end. Both parapets show eroded traces of graffiti and lettering, and the inner face of the western parapet has an incised benchmark. At the southern end of the bridge, the path is obstructed by a pair of modern galvanized hurdles arranged to create a baffled entry.