Grotto Bridge, River Almond, Craigiehall House, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Bridge.

Grotto Bridge, River Almond, Craigiehall House, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
errant-span-quill
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 170 752
Coordinates
55.96281, -3.32966
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Grotto Bridge, located over the River Almond at Craigiehall House in Edinburgh, was likely designed by James or John Adam in 1757. This rustic bridge features a single depressed arch and is constructed from rusticated random rubble made of whinstone and sandstone, topped with square coping. There is a tooled plaque at the apex of the eastern elevation.

Local climate

Grotto Bridge, River Almond, Craigiehall House, Edinburgh receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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