Back Den Bridge, Kildrummy New Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. 1 related planning application.
Back Den Bridge, Kildrummy New Castle
- WRENN ID
- unlit-cobble-myrtle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Address
- Back Den Bridge, Kildrummy New Castle, AB33 8RA
- OS grid reference
- NJ 455 164
- Coordinates
- 57.23585, -2.90425
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a single-arch bridge with a footpath arch at its north-western approach, built in 1900 by A. Marshall Mackenzie. It is an enlarged and more elaborate version of the Brig o' Balgownie in Aberdeen, constructed from ashlar stone. The bridge forms part of the Kildrummy Castle Hotel.
Local climate
Back Den Bridge, Kildrummy New Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 81 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 59 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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