Bridge Over the Cut (East End) in Bretton Park is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1988. Bridge.

Bridge Over the Cut (East End) in Bretton Park

WRENN ID
tall-span-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1988
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over the Cut (East End) in Bretton Park, Park Lane, West Bretton
OS grid reference
SE 289 126
Coordinates
53.60916, -1.56337
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the Cut at the east end in Bretton Park is a structure likely built in the early to mid 19th century for Colonel Thomas Richard and Diana Beaumont. It is constructed from ashlar and features a hump-backed design with three round arches, the center arch being the largest. Each arch has a small moulding and a decorative frieze, with triangular cutwaters. There are vermiculated panels at the springing of the arches and similar oval panels in the spandrels. A band decorated with a Vitruvian scroll motif runs along the base of the parapet. Although the original vase-balustrade has been replaced by a simple steel railing, the intermediate piers remain intact. At both ends, the bridge flares out to end in squat octagonal piers, each topped with a large urn that has a fluted base and a gadrooned cap.

Local climate

Bridge Over the Cut (East End) in Bretton Park receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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