Monument record MDO1762 - Bridge over the river Brit, Netherbury

A bridge with three arches, built of stone rubble. The two eastern arches have pointed arches, and appear to date to the seventeenth century, while the arch at the western end is rounded and is thought to have been rebuilt in the eighteenth century.

T1 correct. The bridge is 4.8m wide and overall is 12.0 m long. It is surmounted by a modern iron railing and bears no name plate. <2>

Netherbury Bridge dates from about the 17th century. The west span is the smallest and is a circular arch. The centre span is of Gothic shape, whilst the east span is the largest and is circular. The east span serves the mill tail race whilst the other two spans take the main river flow, but there is an
overflow weir to allow excess river water to go into the mill race arch. The middle of the centre arch was rebuilt in the 1860s, using the same stones. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 175 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(41) Bridge (Plate 37), over the river Brit, about 400 yards S.E. of the church, is a rubble structure of three spans with cut-waters on the N. side. The two eastern arches are of rough segmental-pointed form and may date from the 17th century ; the W. arch is semi-circular and seems to have been rebuilt in the 18th century. A length of wall from the E. cut-water connects the bridge with a small rubble foot-bridge of uncertain date a short distance to the N.'

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 09-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Wallis, A J, 1974, Dorset Bridges, 84-85, photo (Monograph). SDO17814.

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS55/F132/7 (Index). SDO14738.

17TH CENT. BRIDGE (REMAINS) AT NETHERBY FROM SOUTH EAST

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 449948 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Dec 14 2022 6:37PM