Pack Horse Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Bridge.
Pack Horse Bridge
- WRENN ID
- dusk-basalt-blackthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Pack Horse Bridge, Leicester Road, Anstey
- OS grid reference
- SK 551 084
- Coordinates
- 52.67096, -1.18534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pack Horse Bridge is a 16th or 17th century structure located on the south side of Leicester Road in Anstey. It is built from slate and granite rubble stone, featuring red brick coping along the parapet. The bridge has five rounded arches and side embankments. Notable design elements include pointed cut waters that rise to create niches in the parapet. This bridge is also designated as a scheduled ancient monument.
Local climate
Pack Horse Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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