Broomhill Bridge
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425762
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Broomhill Bridge
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1425762
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Broomhill Bridge
- Location Description:
- Wool / Winfrith Newburgh, Purbeck, Dorset. Located at SY 81058 88084.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Winfrith Newburgh
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wool
- National Grid Reference:
- SY8105588085
Summary
A multi-span bridge over a tributary of the River Frome, built in 1769 by Edward Weld and James Frampton.
Reasons for Designation
Broomhill Bridge, built in 1769, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Relative date: the bridge dates from the period before 1840, which makes it a good candidate for listing;
* Intactness: the bridge is little altered since completion.
History
This multi-span bridge is one of a group of three built by Edward Weld and James Frampton in 1769. The bridge was repaired and renovated in the 1970s.
Details
A multi-span bridge over a tributary of the River Frome, built in 1769 by Edward Weld and James Frampton.
MATERIALS
Brick with stone copings.
DESCRIPTION
The bridge is a brick-built structure with three segmental arches. The parapets are brick with stone copings.
Sources
Books and journals
An Inventory for the Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset: Volume II South-East Part 1, (1970), 175
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
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