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
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- Durweston Bridge, Main Road, Stourpaine
- OS grid reference
- ST 863 086
- Coordinates
- 50.87698, -2.19526
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Durweston Bridge is a road bridge over the River Stour, dated 1795. It was designed by Joseph Towsey for H W Portman of Bryanston. The bridge is constructed from greensand ashlar and features three semi-circular arches. Triangular cutwaters rise to form refuges, and the parapets have rounded copings with plat-bands below. The plain ashlar voussoirs are complemented by walls that sweep out and terminate at ashlar piers. There is an inscription that records the building of the bridge, along with a plaque warning of severe penalties for anyone causing malicious damage to it. A portion of the bridge is located in the parish of Stourpaine.
Local climate
Durweston Bridge receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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