Monument record MDO6394 - Witchampton Bridge, Witchampton

WITCHAMPTON BRIDGE is a brick bridge built on the site of an earlier stone bridge. The earlier foundations of the wing walls and cutwaters are visible on the upstream side, and from measurements taken the spans of the arches differed slightly from those of the present ones, although the same foundations were used again. It has three unequal spans and the brickwork of the parapets has a very sharp roll over before splaying out.
The bridge has simple brick ornamentation and the roundels at each end are now almost hidden in the bushes. <1>

BRIDGE (99090617), of brick with stone dressings, has three semicircular arches, the central one larger than the
others. It was designed and built in 1795 by Samuel Kent of Witchampton. <2>

(ST 99090617) Witchampton Bridge. Scheduled. <3>

<1> Wallis, A J, 1974, Dorset Bridges, 45, 68 (Monograph). SDO17814.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 108 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(4) Bridge (99090617), of brick with stone dressings, has three semicircular arches, the central one larger than the others. It was designed and built in 1795 by Samuel Kent of Witchampton. (Contract and drawings, D.C.R.O.)’

<3> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 84 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209296 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 4:22PM