Sharford Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 2015. Footbridge.
Sharford Footbridge
- WRENN ID
- western-oriel-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 2015
- Type
- Footbridge
- OS grid reference
- SY 966 847
- Coordinates
- 50.66256, -2.04853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sharford Footbridge is a footbridge that crosses the River Corfe and is most probably of medieval origin. It is constructed from rubble stone and has an unmetalled road surface. The footbridge is located on heathland to the northeast of Corfe Castle, within the Isle of Purbeck. It features two spans with two-centred arches; the western arch is pointed, while the eastern arch is rounded. The bridge has stone parapets with rustic style coping. Its maximum dimensions are 7 meters by 2.3 meters, and the distance between the parapets is 1.3 meters.
Local climate
Sharford Footbridge receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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