Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1971. Bridge.

Packhorse Bridge

WRENN ID
dim-plaster-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SE 338 200
Coordinates
53.67595, -1.48951
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Packhorse Bridge is probably from the 18th century. It is a narrow bridge made of large coursed squared stone. The bridge features three elliptical arches that have architraves and impost blocks. It has a plain parapet, and the river no longer flows beneath it.

Local climate

Packhorse Bridge 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Wakefield Bridge Grade I 74 m
  2. Chapel of St Mary on East Side of Wakefield Bridge Grade I 79 m
  3. Rutland Mill Grade II 114 m
  4. Watermill at Ng Se33662005 Grade II 161 m
  5. Former Board Room for the Aire and Calder Navigation Company Grade II 179 m
  6. Stone Warehouse to North of Calder and Hebble Navigation Warehouse Grade II 198 m
  7. Calder and Hebble Navigation Warehouse on River Calder Opposite Thornes Lane Wharf Grid Ref SE 3368 1988 Grade II* 231 m
  8. Entrance Block to Kirkgate Station Grade II 309 m
  9. The Wakefield Arms Grade II 330 m
  10. Urban Studies Centre Grade II 521 m