Spademill Bridge, Rubislaw Den, Aberdeen is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 June 1992. Bridge.

Spademill Bridge, Rubislaw Den, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
strange-threshold-thistle
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 June 1992
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NJ 919 058
Coordinates
57.14314, -2.13524
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Spademill Bridge is a round-arched bridge that spans the North Burn of Rubislaw. It was built in the late 18th to early 19th century and was widened in the late 19th century. The bridge is constructed from coursed granite rubble with a brick core. It features a low parapet and splayed wing walls.

Local climate

Spademill Bridge, Rubislaw Den, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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