Thorp Arch Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Thorp Arch Bridge
- WRENN ID
- stranded-storey-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Thorp Arch Bridge, Bridge Road, LS23 6HD
- OS grid reference
- SE 431 457
- Coordinates
- 53.90616, -1.344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorp Arch Bridge is a bridge built in 1770, constructed from ashlar magnesian limestone. It features five segmentally-arched spans, with two arches crossing the current course of the River Wharfe, which marks the boundary with Thorp Arch parish. The central arch is flanked by triangular cutwaters that rise to create pedestrian retreats in the parapet, while the other piers have cutwaters that end in offsets. There is a continuous band beneath the parapet, which has chamfered copings.
At the south end of the bridge, located in Boston Spa parish, the west side has been significantly rebuilt, and the east side has a rock-faced retaining wall that supports a widened entrance to the bridge. Both parapets at this end finish with early 19th-century round-ended piers featuring bands. The north end of the bridge, in Thorp Arch parish, ends at square piers, but the east parapet continues with a curving wall that has a rounded end pier, similar to those at the south end.
Local climate
Thorp Arch Bridge receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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