Castleford Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Bridge.
Castleford Bridge
- WRENN ID
- late-fireplace-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley MP: Yvette Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Castleford Bridge, Lock Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 430 259
- Coordinates
- 53.72848, -1.34969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castleford Bridge is a public road bridge over the River Calder, dated on the parapets to 1805, designed by Bernard Hartley and built in 1808 by Jesse Hartley. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar in a classical style. The bridge features three segmental arches with rusticated voussoirs, scrolled keystones on the east side, and vermiculated keystones on the west side. It has a guilloche frieze and plain parapets with rounded coping, which include lettered panels in the center stating "BERNARD HARTLEY (west side) ARCHITECT 1805" and "JESSE HARTLEY (east side) BUILDER 1808." The bridge is supported by triangular cutwaters and canted piers, all finished with a concave sweep to the parapet and banded rustication. The rectangular terminal piers are made of similar masonry and have blind window panels with splayed voussoirs, modillioned cornices, and panelled parapets. There is a ramped approach at the north end, and drum terminals at both ends.
Local climate
Castleford Bridge receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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