Brig 0' Balgownie, Aberdeen is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Bridge.

Brig 0' Balgownie, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NJ 941 096
Coordinates
57.17723, -2.09875
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Brig o' Balgownie is an important road bridge in Aberdeen, originally constructed by Richard Cementarius between 1314 and 1318. It underwent repairs around 1444 and was largely rebuilt in the early 17th century. Further repairs were carried out by William Smith in 1861 and again by Smith and John Willet around 1877. The approaches to the bridge were widened and buttressed in 1912. The bridge features a single span with a steeply pitched pointed arch, built of ashlar stone, and has slightly corbelled parapets along with a narrow roadway.

Local climate

Brig 0' Balgownie, Aberdeen receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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