Monk Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Bridge. 5 related planning applications.

Monk Bridge

WRENN ID
carved-pilaster-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds South MP: Hilary Benn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
Bridge
Address
Monk Bridge, Whitehall Road
OS grid reference
SE 291 331
Coordinates
53.79349, -1.55882
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Monk Bridge is a road bridge that spans the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, built in 1886 by Hewson. It features a lattice iron girder design with decorative cast-ironwork applied to the inside facing of the roadway. The bridge is supported by large stone abutments topped with capstones and has a prominent fielded-panel on the outside. On the inside facing of the road, there is a circular panel displaying the Leeds coat of arms, surrounded by vermiculated spandrels. The main span crosses the River Aire and continues over the canal with a single span of cast-iron segmental-arched girders.

Local climate

Monk Bridge 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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