Durweston Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Road bridge. 1 related planning application.

Durweston Bridge

WRENN ID: weathered-spindle-rook
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Dorset
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 July 1955
Type: Road bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

DURWESTON

434/6/37 MAIN ROAD 14-JUL-55 DURWESTON BRIDGE (Formerly listed as: BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER STOUR) (Formerly listed as: MAIN ROAD DURWESTON BRIDGE (THAT PART IN THE PAR ISH OF DURWESTON))

II* Road bridge over the River Stour. Dated 1795. By Joseph Towsey for H W Portman of Bryanston. Greensand ashlar of 3 semi-circular arches. Triangular cutwaters carried up to form refuges. Parapets have rounded copings with plat-bands below. Plain ashlar voussoirs. Walls sweep out and terminate at ashlar piers. Inscription recording building of bridge. Plaque warning of severe penalties for those inflicting malicious damage on bridge. Part in the parish of Stourpaine. (RCHM, Dorset. vol. III, p.91, no.2. Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. The Buildings of England : Dorset. Penguin, 1972, p.192)

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