Wool Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. A C16 Bridge.
Wool Bridge
- WRENN ID
- twisted-gateway-solstice
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A road bridge of c.C16 date with later repairs and C20 alterations.
MATERIALS: ashlar stone of varying types, and red brick to the south arch.
DESCRIPTION: a multi-span, curved bridge, originally of five arches but with an additional C19 flood arch to the south. The additional arch is on a different alignment. The main segmental arches are each strengthened by three wide ribs beneath. The largest arch spans just over 15ft. There are four river piers to each side, which have large cutwaters upstream and smaller ones downstream. They extend up to a low parapet where they form pedestrian refuges. The parapet has moulded coping. The initials F.T. and the date 1688 have been inscribed on a stone now reset in modern brickwork (RCHM). An 1806 date is inscribed on the face of the far right end pillar (Wallis). The surface of the bridge is modern tarmacadam.
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