Packhorse Bridge on Roadside at Ngr St 4983 5571 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Bridge.
Packhorse Bridge on Roadside at Ngr St 4983 5571
- WRENN ID
- bitter-tracery-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Packhorse Bridge on Roadside at Ngr St 4983 5571, Priddy
- OS grid reference
- ST 498 557
- Coordinates
- 51.29829, -2.72098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Packhorse Bridge, dating from the 17th to 18th century, is located on the roadside at the National Grid Reference ST 4983 5571 in Charterhouse, Priddy. This bridge is constructed from rubble and features a low segmental archway that spans a stream, with rough hewn voussoirs. The approaches to the bridge are elevated and supported by random rubble retaining walls. The bridge itself has a surface of stone setts and does not have any parapets.
Local climate
Packhorse Bridge on Roadside at Ngr St 4983 5571 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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