Eliock Bridge, Mennock is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Bridge.
Eliock Bridge, Mennock
- WRENN ID
- tattered-joist-ash
- 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
- NS 803 082
- Coordinates
- 55.35382, -3.88799
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Eliock Bridge, built in 1855 by Messrs. Hair of Sanquhar, is a road bridge featuring a single wide segmental arch over the River Nith. The bridge is constructed of coursed squared rubble with ashlar recessed arch rings and a band below the coped parapets, which are splayed at the approaches. The roadway slopes downwards from east to west.
Local climate
Eliock Bridge, Mennock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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