Footbridge off Mill Lane, Preston

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1135191
Date first listed:: 12-Dec-1953
List Entry Name:: Footbridge off Mill Lane, Preston

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1135191
Date first listed:: 12-Dec-1953
Date of most recent amendment:: 30-Jun-2015
List Entry Name:: Footbridge off Mill Lane, Preston
Location Description:: Footbridge in the garden of Roman Bridge Cottage, Preston Road, Preston, Dorset

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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Location

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District:: Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Weymouth
National Grid Reference:: SY 70289 83081

Summary

Footbridge off Mill Lane, Preston, possibly dating from the C16, but perhaps later.

Reasons for Designation

The Bridge off Mill Lane, Preston, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Historical interest: as a small footbridge, possibly dating from the C16, and forming part of a historic pedestrian route; * Design interest: for its sturdy limestone construction, with its arch of squared stones, and its cobbled surface.

History

The small footbridge, crossing the River Jordan at Preston, is referred to locally as the ‘Roman Bridge’, but despite the local name, the precise age of the bridge is uncertain, though it is thought the structure may date from the C16. A bridge is marked at the site on several maps of later-C18 date. The bridge will have offered pedestrians a means to cross the river at the fording point along the road between Weymouth and Osmington. During the mid-C19 a road bridge was constructed approximately 25m to the south, although this has since been superseded by a modern structure. The bridge now stands in the garden of the early-C18 Roman Bridge Cottage (qv).

Details

Footbridge, possibly dating from the C16, but perhaps later.

MATERIALS: limestone, with a cobbled footway surface.

DESCRIPTION: the bridge has a single segmental a single segmental arch forming a humpback structure with overall dimensions of 2.7m by 4.7m. The arch is constructed of squared stones. The bridge has no parapets or balustrades, although the footway surface is cobbled.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 467302
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Good, R, The Old Roads of Dorset, (1966), 41, 132
HMSO, , An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Dorset, (1970), 362

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.