Town Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 2018. A Medieval Bridge.
Town Bridge
- WRENN ID
- dark-niche-flax
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 2018
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Town Bridge, Castle Street, Dorset
- OS grid reference
- SZ 160 927
- Coordinates
- 50.7342, -1.77356
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Bridge is a road bridge over the River Avon, built in the 15th or 16th century. It has undergone repairs and strengthening over the years, including widening around 1900 and the addition of a footbridge on the north side in 1950, which is not included in the listing.
The bridge is made of limestone and ironstone ashlar, with the north elevation entirely constructed of limestone. It features five round-headed arches; the arches on the downstream (south) side have two orders, with inner voussoirs made of limestone, matching the bridge's body, and outer voussoirs of ironstone. The arches on the north side are flush with the bridge's face. There is a pointed cutwater between each arch, with six on the downstream side and four on the upstream side, topped by a parapet. The mid-20th century cantilevered footbridge on the north side is anchored to the older structure but is not of special interest.
Local climate
Town Bridge receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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