Old Leckwith Bridge (partly in the Michaelston community) is a Grade II* listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 February 1952. House.

Old Leckwith Bridge (partly in the Michaelston community)

WRENN ID
waning-garret-sable
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 February 1952
Type
House
Address
Old Leckwith Bridge (partly in the Michaelston community), Canton
OS grid reference
ST 159 752
Coordinates
51.46993, -3.21202
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Old Leckwith Bridge is a rubblestone bridge featuring three arches. The two outer arches are pointed with double arch rings, while the central arch is semi-circular and likely rebuilt. The carriageway is approximately 2.75 meters wide and includes refuges above pointed cutwaters. Both elevations of the bridge are identical, and it has low parapet walls that are topped with flat slabs.

Local climate

Old Leckwith Bridge (partly in the Michaelston community) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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