Townhead Bridge, Langholm is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Bridge.

Townhead Bridge, Langholm

WRENN ID
silent-eave-spindle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NY 363 846
Coordinates
55.15241, -3.00106
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Townhead Bridge in Langholm is a road bridge built in 1775 by contractor Robin Hotson. It features three segmental arches that span the River Esk, constructed from grey rubble with ashlar dressings, recessed arch-rings, and pointed cutwaters, which have some red ashlar repairs. The roadway was widened in 1880 by contractor John Hyslop, using steel cantilevers. This widening includes angle brackets and cutwaters that rise to provide support, along with latticed steel parapets that have lamp brackets at the abutments. The roadway slopes downwards from the eastern bank to the western bank.

Local climate

Townhead Bridge, Langholm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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