Road Bridge Over River Cerne is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Road Bridge Over River Cerne
- WRENN ID
- steep-rubble-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Road Bridge Over River Cerne, East Hill - West Hill, Charminster
- OS grid reference
- SY 679 926
- Coordinates
- 50.73267, -2.45544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Road Bridge over the River Cerne is a 16th-century structure, with its arches rebuilt in the early 19th century. It features coursed rubble stone walls and a parapet. The bridge has three segmental arches that have been reconstructed in brick, both upstream and downstream. The parapet is topped with saddle back coping stones. This double-track bridge measures 9 metres in length and has a slight hump.
Local climate
Road Bridge Over River Cerne receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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