Bridge Of Potarch is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Bridge.
Bridge Of Potarch
- WRENN ID
- half-truss-fen
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NO 607 973
- Coordinates
- 57.06515, -2.64872
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bridge of Potarch, designed by Thomas Telford and built between 1811 and 1813, is a three-span segmental-arched bridge that crosses the River Dee. It is constructed from tooled, coursed granite, featuring finely finished arch rings and piers. The bridge has triangular cut-waters that extend upwards, creating four half-hexagonal refuges on each parapet. It also includes a coped parapet and sharply splayed wing walls.
Local climate
Bridge Of Potarch receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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