Bridge Over River Frome on Charminster Road 75 Yards North of Junction with A37 (Maiden Newton Road) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Bridge.

Bridge Over River Frome on Charminster Road 75 Yards North of Junction with A37 (Maiden Newton Road)

WRENN ID
other-truss-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SY 689 911
Coordinates
50.71939, -2.44188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This bridge over the River Frome, located on Charminster Road 75 yards north of the junction with A37 (Maiden Newton Road), dates from the 18th century or earlier. It is constructed from Portland or Ridgeway ashlar, featuring a red brick parapet with ashlar coping. The bridge has three arches, with the flanking arches being two-centred and the central arch being segmental. There are two cutwaters with battered tops. The parapets are splayed at either end and continue for 3 yards north with rubble walls.

Local climate

Bridge Over River Frome on Charminster Road 75 Yards North of Junction with A37 (Maiden Newton Road) receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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