The Bridge and Causeway is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Bridge.
The Bridge and Causeway
- WRENN ID
- fossil-baluster-rye
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- The Bridge and Causeway, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SU 580 938
- Coordinates
- 51.64067, -1.16274
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bridge and Causeway is a bridge and causeway built between 1814 and 1816 by Francis Sandys. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and coursed squared rubble. The central part of the bridge features ashlar with a segmental arch, a cornice, and a balustraded parapet situated between wide piers. On either side, the rubble sections contain two smaller arches, and a plain band along with a rubble parapet extends along the causeways. The western causeway curves to the north and has square ashlar piers that end the outward curving parapets, with a small arch located halfway along. The eastern causeway is straight, with the parapet curving outwards only on the south side, and it has a small arch at the eastern end. The inner faces of the main piers include recessed stone seats.
Local climate
The Bridge and Causeway sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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