Bridge Over River Aire is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1978. Bridge.

Bridge Over River Aire

WRENN ID
sheer-transept-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds West and Pudsey MP: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1978
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SE 221 369
Coordinates
53.8287, -1.66513
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the River Aire was built around 1775 by John Gott, who was the County Surveyor of Bridges. It is constructed of dressed stone and features four segmental arches with triangular-shaped cutwaters. Above these cutwaters are slightly projecting piers that continue to the abutments. The bridge has a band and a parapet with chamfered coping, with the parapet on the north bank abutment likely extended in the mid-20th century. The surface of the bridge is made of stone sets, which are arranged with three rows of long flagstones. This bridge was built to replace a previous one that was destroyed by a flood in 1774.

Local climate

Bridge Over River Aire receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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