Princes Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Bridge.
Princes Bridge
- WRENN ID
- small-string-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Princes Bridge, Mill Street, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SY 700 905
- Coordinates
- 50.7142, -2.4262
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Princes Bridge is likely from the 19th century, though it may have older origins. It is constructed from ridgeway hammer-dressed stone with brown brick voussoirs. The bridge features ashlar keystones and cut waters, along with a brown brick parapet that has ashlar coping and piers. It has two segmental arches.
Local climate
Princes Bridge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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