Hay Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Bridge.
Hay Bridge
- WRENN ID
- ruined-cloister-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Hay Bridge, West Orchard
- OS grid reference
- ST 825 162
- Coordinates
- 50.94575, -2.24958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hay Bridge is a road bridge over Manston Brook, built in 1824. It is constructed of greensand ashlar and features three semi-circular arches. The bridge has rounded cutwaters on the downstream side and pointed cutwaters on the upstream side. To the north, there is a panel of tracery that has been reset upside down. On the south side, there is a plaque with an inscription. The bridge is finished with plain ashlar parapets.
Local climate
Hay Bridge 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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