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
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SY 844 871
- Coordinates
- 50.68384, -2.22144
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wool Bridge is a road bridge dating from around the 16th century, with later repairs and 20th-century alterations. It is constructed from various types of ashlar stone and red brick on the south arch.
The bridge features a multi-span, curved design, originally comprising five arches, but it has an additional 19th-century flood arch to the south, which is aligned differently. The main segmental arches are supported by three wide ribs beneath each arch, with the largest arch spanning just over 15 feet. There are four river piers on each side, featuring large cutwaters on the upstream side and smaller ones downstream. These piers rise to a low parapet that includes pedestrian refuges, and the parapet is topped with moulded coping.
Notable inscriptions include the initials F.T. and the date 1688, which are on a stone that has been reset in modern brickwork, and an 1806 date on the face of the far right end pillar. The surface of the bridge is finished with modern tarmacadam.
Local climate
Wool Bridge receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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