Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1966. Bridge.
Packhorse Bridge
- WRENN ID
- late-rood-violet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1966
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Packhorse Bridge, High Street, Sutton
- OS grid reference
- TL 220 474
- Coordinates
- 52.11168, -0.21897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Packhorse Bridge is a medieval structure now used only for foot traffic. It features coursed ironstone with dressed limestone coping on the parapets. The bridge is approximately 40 metres long and about 2 metres wide at the middle, widening to 3 metres at each end. It has two pointed arches that appear to date from the 14th to 15th centuries. A central pier acts as a cutwater on the north elevation and rises to create a pedestrian refuge above. The parapet walls slope down to ground level at both ends, with the southeast section of the wall supported by red brick buttresses, likely from the 18th century. The bridge is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Packhorse Bridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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