Bagber Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Bagber Bridge
- WRENN ID
- heavy-chamber-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1983
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bagber Bridge, Sturminster Newton
- OS grid reference
- ST 764 156
- Coordinates
- 50.93983, -2.33689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bagber Bridge is a road bridge located on the boundary between the parishes of Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton, built around 1850 by engineer W. Davis and the Coalbrookdale Company. The bridge features a single span constructed of four cast iron girders that are prestressed with wrought iron bars, giving each girder an arched rib profile. Beneath the bridge, there are tie rods for additional support. The abutments are made of coursed rubble and include a string course, small square piers, and capstones. The bridge is finished with cast iron railings supported by chamfered cast iron stanchions. This structure is notable as an early example of prestressing techniques in bridge construction.
Local climate
Bagber Bridge 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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