Witchampton Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 2015. Bridge.

Witchampton Bridge

WRENN ID
fossil-trefoil-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 2015
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
ST 990 061
Coordinates
50.85507, -2.0143
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Witchampton Bridge is a road bridge over the River Allen, built in 1795 by Samuel Kent, which incorporates some earlier materials. The bridge is constructed from brick with stone dressings and features a classical design. It has three unequal spans, each with a segmental-headed arch that includes stone keystones and an oversailing archivolt ring. These arches are supported by stone piers that step back above the foundations of an earlier bridge, with cutwaters on the upstream (north) side. Below the parapet, there is a brick stringcourse, and roundels at each end, which are currently obscured by vegetation as of 2015. The parapet is topped with stone copings, and the walls curve outward at each end, ending in square piers. Additionally, the parapet displays two 19th-century cast-iron plaques: one for a traction engine and another for transportation.

Local climate

Witchampton Bridge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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