Bridge Over Head Race at Armley Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Bridge Over Head Race at Armley Mills

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds West and Pudsey MP: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1951
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over Head Race at Armley Mills, Canal Road, LS12 2LX
OS grid reference
SE 274 341
Coordinates
53.80292, -1.58427
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the head race at Armley Mills, located on the west side of Canal Road in Leeds, was likely built around 1850 for John and William Gott. It features coursed stone, ashlar, and cast-iron railings. The structure includes a single shallow segmental arch with rusticated voussoirs and a band at road level. Stone square section bollards with bands and shallow pyramidal caps are present, along with parapet rails designed in the form of vases and flowers, supported by a thickened central standard. The retaining walls of the mill race connect to sluice gates, and the north wall retains remnants of railings as a parapet on its north side. The stonework on the north side of the head race shows several alterations and may include remains from a fulling mill built around 1750, which was demolished when Thomas Lloyd constructed new mills and widened the millrace in 1788.

Local climate

Bridge Over Head Race at Armley Mills receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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