Hurst (South) Bridge

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425777
Date first listed:: 30-Jun-2015
List Entry Name:: Hurst (South) Bridge

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1425777
Date first listed:: 30-Jun-2015
List Entry Name:: Hurst (South) Bridge
Location Description:: Bridge over the river Frome, Moreton, Purbeck, Dorset. Located at SY79535 90485.

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.

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

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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Location

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District:: Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Moreton
National Grid Reference:: SY7953690485

Summary

The largest of three bridges over the River Frome built in 1834 to designs by Dorset's County Surveyor, William Evans.

Reasons for Designation

Hurst (South) Bridge, the largest of originally three bridges over the River Frome, built in 1834 to designs by Dorset's County Surveyor, William Evans, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Architectural and engineering interest: as a good and representative early-C19 intact example of a large, multi-span bridge in a rural setting designed by a named local engineer; * Historic interest: as an interesting example of an early-C19 development of an important local causeway over the water meadows of the River Frome, funded through public subscription; * Intactness: the bridge has survived well.

History

Designed by Dorset's County Surveyor, William Evans, it is the largest of three bridges built in 1834 as part of a causeway over the water meadows of the River Frome. They were funded by public subscription following an initial anonymous donation. The contract for the three bridges, which were built by George and William Slade, stonemasons of Dorchester, was in the sum of £795. The two other, smaller bridges situated to the north that were also designed by William Evans, were completely rebuilt in the late C20.

Details

The largest of originally three bridges over the water meadows of the River Frome near Moreton, built in 1834 to designs by Dorset's County Surveyor, William Evans.

The eight-span bridge is constructed in brick with Portland stone cut-waters and copings and with footings of Ridgeway flagstone. Its eight segmental arches have piers between them with rounded cut-waters. The latter are straight-sided and finished with rounded tops level with the apices of the arches. To the centre of the bridge is a large diamond shaped pier with a large triangular cutwater at each end continued up to parapet level and forming a pedestrian refuge. The ends of the parapet walls curve outwards and are finished with small brick piers.

Sources

Books and journals
McFetrich, D, Parsons, J, Discover Dorset Bridges, (1998), 57
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, , Dorset II: South East, (1970), Vol. II, part 1, p 5 & 175
Other
English Heritage scheduling files, refs AA62781/1 & AA62781/2

Legal

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