Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. Bridge.
Packhorse Bridge
- WRENN ID
- roaming-cupola-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1954
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Packhorse Bridge, Rushbury
- OS grid reference
- SO 513 915
- Coordinates
- 52.51976, -2.71899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Packhorse Bridge is a small packhorse bridge, now serving as a footbridge over Eaton Brook, dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of rubble stone and ashlar. The bridge features a single segmental arch made of dressed stone voussoirs, with the center of the arch replaced by rubble stone set on edge. There are no parapets. The bridge is approximately 1.5 metres wide and has a span of about 4 metres, with ashlar splayed abutments.
Local climate
Packhorse Bridge receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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