26, Bread Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1979. Public house.
26, Bread Street
- WRENN ID
- under-cupola-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1979
- Type
- Public house
- OS grid reference
- SE 331 208
- Coordinates
- 53.6828, -1.49896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
26 Bread Street is the rear of No 19 Cross Square, known as The Black Horse public house. It features a striking late 18th century facade of the Wakefield type, although it has undergone significant alterations. The building has three storeys and three wide bays, constructed of red brick with a stone plinth band above a sunk basement. There is a full height central round-arched recess. In the right bay, two original windows remain, showcasing finely gauged brick arches and stone cills, while all other openings have been altered.
Local climate
26, Bread Street receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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