Packhorse Bridge Over Meanwood Beck at Ngr 2898 3619 is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1996. Bridge.

Packhorse Bridge Over Meanwood Beck at Ngr 2898 3619

WRENN ID
standing-wall-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1996
Type
Bridge
Address
Packhorse Bridge Over Meanwood Beck at Ngr 2898 3619, Meanwood Road
OS grid reference
SE 289 361
Coordinates
53.8212, -1.56127
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Packhorse Bridge over Meanwood Beck is an early 18th-century structure, with late 18th-century abutments. It is constructed from coursed rubble with dressed stone dressings. The bridge features a single round arch made of rubble stone voussoirs, a low dressed stone parapet, and a cobbled stone surface. There is a canted dressed stone abutment on the south-west side. This bridge is a rare example of a pack-horse bridge located in a suburban area.

Local climate

Packhorse Bridge Over Meanwood Beck at Ngr 2898 3619 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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