Description

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CORFE CASTLE

SU 96 84
3/200 Bridge approx 600 metres
east-north-east of Scotland
at SU 96768412
II
Bridge. Dated 1711 for or by William Okeden and Nathaniel Bond; altered. Ashlar
with timber causeway. 2 piers: on upstream side with triangular faces to act as
outwaters and with faceted corbels supporting causeway, the corbels bearing initials
and date carved in relief:-"WO", "NB"; on downstream side, battered, the western
1711
one coped and the eastern one with wide groove cut out of lower courses (upper
coursing partly gone). Replacement wooden causeway. On either side of the stream
are retaining walls, canted on upstream side to channel floor of water.
The bridge acted also as a sluice and, with leats and feeder channels linked to it,
formed part of the flooding system which served the meads of the lower Corfe River
Valley.

Listing NGR: SY9676084120

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432918

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas