Watford Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Bridge.

Watford Bridge

WRENN ID
open-niche-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1952
Type
Bridge
Address
Watford Bridge, Watford Lane, Bridport
OS grid reference
SY 472 949
Coordinates
50.75167, -2.74947
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Watford Bridge is a road bridge over the River Brit, dating from the 17th century or earlier. It features rubble-stone walls and a stone parapet with flat coping stones. The bridge has two pointed segmental arches on each side and a central cutwater on the upstream side that extends to road level. It is of single track width and has a parapet wall that measures 13 metres in length. Part of the bridge is located in Netherbury civil parish.

Local climate

Watford 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 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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