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Latitude: 50.8045 / 50°48'16"N
Longitude: -2.0615 / 2°3'41"W
OS Eastings: 395763
OS Northings: 100550
OS Grid: ST957005
Mapcode National: GBR 31J.FN8
Mapcode Global: FRA 66KZ.4P3
Plus Code: 9C2VRW3Q+QC
Entry Name: White Mill Bridge
Listing Date: 18 March 1955
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1120035
English Heritage Legacy ID: 107699
Location: Shapwick, Dorset, BH21
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Shapwick
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Shapwick St Bartholomew
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
STURMINSTER MARSHALL
ST 90 SE
4/49
White Mill Bridge
18.3.55
I
Bridge across the River Stour. C16. Ironstone and limestone. There are
eight round arches, the four in the middle being larger, each of four ribs
(the outer chamfered), and between them are substantial cutwaters, the
parapet, of later date, oversails the walls on rounded corbels, and the
moulding above the corbels is repeated round the cutwaters in different
form; the parapet provides refuges above the cutwaters, and at each end
splays outwards. Attached to the parapet in the middle of the bridge (north
side) is a cast iron plate, bearing the following:-
NOTICE - DORSET. Any person wilfully INJURING any part of this COUNTY
BRIDGE will be guilty of a FELONY and upon conviction liable to be
TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE - BY THE COURT - T FOOKS 7 & 8 Geo4 G30 S13.
The asset was previously listed twice also at List entry 1153005.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12th April 2016.
Listing NGR: ST9576300550
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