Listed Building record MDO6240 - Julians Bridge, Julians Road, Wimborne Minster

Late fifteenth century bridge with seventeenth century alterations. Stone with brick parapet each side has three pointed pedestrian niches, part of this bridge is in the Parish of Pamphill

Julians Bridge, called 'Juliane Bridge' by Leland, crosses the River Stour west of Wimborne. It has eight pointed arches and bears the date 1636. It was repaired in 1713 and restored in 1844. <1>

Julian's Bridge is as described and is in good condition. It carries a modern main road. See ground photograph. <2>

Julian's Bridge. Probably late C15th with C17th alterations. <5>

<1> Jervoise, E, 1930, The Ancient Bridges of the South of England, 82-83 (Monograph). SWX3998.

<2> Wrathall, Reginald, Field investigator's comments RW, F1 RW 16-MAR-54 (Unpublished document). SDO18449.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 85-86 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(5) JULIAN'S BRIDGE (00389985), of ashlar and squared rubble with some brickwork, carries the road to Bere Regis across the R. Stour on eight segmental-pointed arches (Plate 26). Within these arches are seen the chamfered Heathstone voussoirs of a narrower bridge in which some arches are semicircular, others two-centred. The earlier structure was built in 1636 (Quarter Sessions orders, D.C.R.O.). The outer arches were added in 1844, on both sides of the former bridge, to allow widening of the roadway; at the same time an additional arch was made. Above road level the additions of 1844 carry brick parapet walls with ashlar coping and with corbelled pedestrian refuges. The centre refuge on the S. has stone cartouches inscribed 1636 and 1844, the earlier date-stone perhaps having been removed from the original bridge and reset.
The causeway on the W. has three segmental-pointed arches of ashlar and brickwork, probably of 1844.'

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(SZ 00379985) Julian's Bridge (NAT)

<5> Department of the Environment, 1983, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne District, 25 (Scheduling record). SDO20081.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457884 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2024 6:39PM