Footbridge over the River Divelish is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Bridge.
Footbridge over the River Divelish
- WRENN ID
- lesser-storey-alder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Footbridge over the River Divelish, Dark Lane, Fifehead Neville
- OS grid reference
- ST 771 111
- Coordinates
- 50.89931, -2.32576
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Footbridge over the River Divelish is a packhorse bridge, likely dating from the medieval period, with some later restoration. It is built from coursed rubble stone and features timber railings.
The bridge is approximately six feet (about 2 meters) wide and spans 34 feet (around 10 meters) with two spans. It has two pointed, nearly straight-sided arches and a central pier that includes a full-height, pointed cutwater on the upstream side, while the downstream side lacks a cutwater. The bridge has a kerb made of rubble stones set on edge. The 20th-century timber railings have a single top-rail set diamond-wise and are cantilevered out from the structure of the bridge.
Local climate
Footbridge over the River Divelish receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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