Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1962. Bridge.
Packhorse Bridge
- WRENN ID
- proud-chapel-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1962
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Packhorse Bridge, Melksham Road, Melksham Without
- OS grid reference
- ST 882 620
- Coordinates
- 51.35768, -2.17076
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Packhorse Bridge is a structure over the River Avon, built in 1725. It is made of dressed limestone and features four segmental arches of varying heights, with the second arch from the west being the tallest. The upstream side has cutwaters with stepped coped tops, while the downstream side has rectangular buttresses. There is a plat band at the level of the footway. The footway is made of cobbles and has a high plain parapet with a pitched top that flares at the approaches. This bridge is said to have been constructed as a packhorse bridge connecting Whaddon and Broughton Gifford. It was repaired by the County Council in 1856. Various graffiti can be found under the main arch, including the name G.L. Cook from 1887. This bridge is noted for being very well preserved.
Local climate
Packhorse Bridge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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