Bridge Over River Frome is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Road bridge.
Bridge Over River Frome
- WRENN ID
- grim-landing-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- Bridge Over River Frome, Dorchester Road, Frome Vauchurch
- OS grid reference
- SY 595 976
- Coordinates
- 50.77727, -2.57487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge over the River Frome is an 18th-century road bridge located on Dorchester Road in Frome Vauchurch. It is constructed of brick and features four segmental arches, measuring 12 metres in length and designed for double-track use. The downstream arches have four projecting stone keys and brick piers, while the upstream side has only one surviving cutwater, with the arches lacking keys. This bridge is one of a pair of 18th-century bridges situated at the west end of Maiden Newton village.
Local climate
Bridge Over River Frome receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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