Lower North Water Bridge is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Lower North Water Bridge

WRENN ID
graven-chamber-lark
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NO 724 621
Coordinates
56.75039, -2.45198
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lower North Water Bridge is an important structure designed by architects and engineers John Smeaton, John Adam, and Andrew Barrie of Montrose, built between 1770 and 1775. The bridge features seven segmental river arches with spans of 62 feet, 55 feet, 46 feet, and 40 feet, supported by cutwaters. The spandrels of the central arch are adorned with keyblocked circles, and the bridge is constructed from ashlar stone. The northern approach is made of long pinned rubble and includes a flood arch. A tablet at the southern approach commemorates the construction and includes a panel about the annexed estates.

Local climate

Lower North Water Bridge receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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