Bridge Furnishing Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1976. Factory.
Bridge Furnishing Factory
- WRENN ID
- quartered-chimney-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1976
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- Bridge Furnishing Factory, Purewell
- OS grid reference
- SZ 165 929
- Coordinates
- 50.73569, -1.76712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bridge Furnishing Factory, built in 1890, was originally a chapel. It features a slate roof and an ornate facade that has been painted white. The building is two storeys high and three bays wide, with the ground floor constructed of rusticated brickwork. The central entrance is topped with a broken pediment that has egg and dart moulding. There is elaborate bas relief carved brickwork or tiles in the spandrels of the round arched door. Flanking the entrance are round arched windows with keystones, which now contain modern casements. The first floor has a round arched recess at the center, also with a keystone, and a two-light, round arched window. The facade is further enhanced with decorated tiles, and there is a cornice and pediment above. Pilasters separate the center and outer bays, terminating in finials. The building has six side windows. The Bridge Furnishing Factory, along with Nos 6 (eastern part only) to 16 (even), forms a group with Nos 9 to 13 (odd) opposite, with No 6 (eastern part only) and Nos 10 to 16 (even) being of local interest.
Local climate
Bridge Furnishing Factory 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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