Bridge Of Philorth is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971.
Bridge Of Philorth
- WRENN ID
- high-string-barley
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NK 018 644
- Coordinates
- 57.66951, -1.97024
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bridge of Philorth is an 18th-century bridge situated over the Water of Philorth, within Rathen Parish. It consists of two segmental arches constructed with harled walls featuring chamfered voussoirs. The bridge has a central cut-water. The upstream side has been widened using pinned rubble, incorporating granite dressed voussoirs with raised central keystones.
Local climate
Bridge Of Philorth 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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