Benville Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Benville Bridge
- WRENN ID
- shifting-sentry-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1983
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Benville Bridge, Benville Lane, Corscombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 550 038
- Coordinates
- 50.83272, -2.63914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Benville Bridge is an early 19th-century road bridge featuring a single-span brick arch with projecting brick keystones. The bridge has brick parapet walls topped with stone coping, and the parapets are slightly splayed. An iron plaque is set into the southern parapet, stating: "DORSET. Any person wilfully injuring any part of this County Bridge will be guilty of Felony and upon conviction liable to be transported for life. By the Court T Fooks, 7&8 Geo 4 C30 S13."
Local climate
Benville Bridge receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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