Footbridge Leading from Grounds of Milton Abbey School to Saint Catherine's Chapel, 100m West of the Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. Footbridge.

Footbridge Leading from Grounds of Milton Abbey School to Saint Catherine's Chapel, 100m West of the Chapel

WRENN ID
little-rotunda-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1985
Type
Footbridge
Address
Footbridge Leading from Grounds of Milton Abbey School to Saint Catherine's Chapel, 100m West of the Chapel, Milton Abbas
OS grid reference
ST 800 023
Coordinates
50.82011, -2.28517
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This footbridge, likely built around 1780, connects the grounds of Milton Abbey School to Saint Catherine's Chapel, located 100 meters west of the chapel. It is a brick structure featuring a single segmental pointed arch made with stone "long and short" voussoirs. The abutments facing the road are constructed with flint and brick panels. The bridge has a solid brick parapet topped with rounded brick coping.

Local climate

Footbridge Leading from Grounds of Milton Abbey School to Saint Catherine's Chapel, 100m West of the Chapel 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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