Image Bridge, Brechin Castle, Brechin is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Bridge.

Image Bridge, Brechin Castle, Brechin

WRENN ID
dreaming-truss-linden
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NO 596 597
Coordinates
56.72727, -2.66101
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Image Bridge at Brechin Castle is a 3-span girder bridge featuring timber decking. It has cutwater "islands" made of V-jointed ashlar, with rubble piers above that are decorated with niches for statuary. The bridge originally had timber "arches," with corbels still visible, and it includes present ironwork dating from around 1890.

Local climate

Image Bridge, Brechin Castle, Brechin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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