Listed Building record MDO10303 - Bridge over the Caundle Brook, The Borough, Holwell

A bridge of probable medieval origin situated 60m north of St Laurence’s Church. It has an early 19th century northern arch, segmental with rough stone voussoirs and two 20th century iron girder spans to the south. The large central pier is formed of rubble with flat top and pointed cutwaters.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 121 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘(2) BRIDGE (69931202), across the Caundle Brook about 50 yds. N. of the church, is of rubble. It was originally of two spans but it now has three, the former S. abutment being separated from the bank by a secondary channel. The massive centre pier has cut-waters at each end; the N. abutment is joined to it by a segmental arch of rough stone voussoirs, probably of the 18th or 19th century; the two intervals to the S. of the centre pier are spanned by iron girders. The massiveness of the centre pier and abutments suggest that the bridge is of mediaeval origin.’

Record last edited

Mar 3 2021 4:14PM