Bridge, Entry Head, Dalmahoy Estate, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Bridge.

Bridge, Entry Head, Dalmahoy Estate, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
standing-cornice-sorrel
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 146 690
Coordinates
55.90721, -3.36717
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The bridge at the entry head of Dalmahoy Estate in Edinburgh was likely designed by Alexander Laing, based on designs by William Adam, around 1786. This single-span bridge features a round arch and carries the avenue to Dalmahoy House over the Gogar Burn. It is constructed of droved ashlar stone, with a polished ashlar impost that continues as a string course and a moulded archivolt. The random rubble abutments are set at an angle beyond the line of the bridge, with droved quoins at both the left and right corners. The ashlar parapet is fluted and has a moulded coping, with paterae placed at regular intervals—two above the bridge span and one at the center of each abutment. An armorial plaque is positioned above the crown of the bridge on each side.

Local climate

Bridge, Entry Head, Dalmahoy Estate, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 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 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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