Bridge Of Orchy is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Bridge.
Bridge Of Orchy
- WRENN ID
- lunar-kitchen-gold
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1971
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NN 296 396
- Coordinates
- 56.51794, -4.77066
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bridge of Orchy, dating from around 1742, features a segmental arch and has a hump-backed design. It is constructed from random rubble and has flat coping.
Local climate
Bridge Of Orchy sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 55 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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