Railway underbridge MDL1/39, Churwell Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 2018. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Railway underbridge MDL1/39, Churwell Bridge
- WRENN ID
- still-rood-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley MP: Mark Sewards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2018
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SE 277 295
- Coordinates
- 53.76189, -1.57991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Churwell Bridge is an underbridge that carries the Leeds, Dewsbury & Manchester Railway line, built in the mid-1840s by Thomas Grainger. It is located approximately 328 meters south-east of Elland Road. The bridge features coursed local rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings. Both sides of the bridge are similarly detailed, showcasing a semi-circular arched span that springs from rock-faced jambs and is supported by an ashlar impost band. The arch is bordered by voussoirs with tooled margins along the intrados. The wing walls extend forward on either side of the span, curving around to end in short square piers. Large ashlar coping stones with a roll-moulded outer edge sit above the arch and on top of the wing walls. As an underbridge, it does not have a parapet.
Local climate
Railway underbridge MDL1/39, Churwell 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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