The Old Bridge Over the Hebden Water is a Grade II* listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1963. A Medieval Bridge.
The Old Bridge Over the Hebden Water
- WRENN ID
- tenth-sandstone-linden
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1963
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Old Bridge Over the Hebden Water, Bridge Gate, Hebden Royd, HX7 6EN
- OS grid reference
- SD 992 272
- Coordinates
- 53.74204, -2.01335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bridge over the Hebden Water is a packhorse bridge dating from around 1510. It features plaques that record repairs made in 1600, 1602, and 1657. The parapet was repaired in 1845 and raised in 1890. The bridge is constructed from large dressed stone and has three segmental arches, with the voussoirs chamfered. There are two pointed breakwaters that rise to the full height of the parapet on the southwest side. The northeast side is similar, but one breakwater is capped off at keystone level where a wall meets it. The bridge has three inscribed date plaques that read: "REPAYRED: BY TH E.RIDINGE: BY ORD REPAIRED BY HELP OF ER: OF SESSIONS (B) Y GVST : 1657 RICHARD : NALER Y R.G.R.G. SESSIONS 1602 REPAIRED BY HELP OF JOHN : GREENMOOD SESSIONS 1600."
The land arch on the east bank originally served the tail-goit of Bridge Mill, which was once known as the XnnoriaJ Corn Mill. The bridge is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
The Old Bridge Over the Hebden Water sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% 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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