New Bridge, Water Of Leith, Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 September 2002. Bridge.

New Bridge, Water Of Leith, Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
silent-hall-snow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 September 2002
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 229 732
Coordinates
55.9459, -3.23602
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

New Bridge, built in 1841 and widened in 1930, is a wide monumental bridge that spans the Water of Leith from west to east, replacing the Old Bridge. The structure is made of coursed sandstone ashlar, featuring polished voussoirs in the arch ring. The side parapets are constructed from rubble, with coursed and rendered sections beneath. The depressed arch springs from just above the river level and is complemented by a thickly moulded string course that is dentilled on the north side. The bridge has raised, tapered piers with advanced pedestals, which are topped by tall, open, square-plan ironwork features. The parapets are finished with saddleback coping.

Local climate

New Bridge, Water Of Leith, Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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