Canford Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1952. Bridge.
Canford Bridge
- WRENN ID
- silver-column-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Canford Bridge, Poole Road, Oakley Hill, B3078, BH21 1RG
- OS grid reference
- SZ 016 992
- Coordinates
- 50.79254, -1.97791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Canford Bridge is a road bridge built in 1813 by engineer John Dyson, with repairs made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It spans three arches over the River Stour, with an approach from the south. The bridge is constructed of coursed squared Portland stone and Portland stone ashlar, while the approach features coursed squared carstone, carstone ashlar, and red brick. The bridge has three high segmental arches, with pointed cutwaters on either side and a solid coped parapet that has moulded stone coping and square pier terminals. Inscribed on the stone of the north pier of the central arch, just above the water level, is: "THIS BRIDGE FINISHED / IN THE YEAR 1813 / BY, / JOHN DYSON, ENGINEER / JESSE BUSHROD, MASON." The south approach to the bridge includes six segmental arches, semicircular cutwaters, and solid parapets made of red brick in English bond, topped with stone coping. There is a raised stone band at road level, and the arches are made of red brick. The bridge carries the B3078 road.
Local climate
Canford Bridge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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