Bridge, Drumlanrig Estate is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Bridge.
Bridge, Drumlanrig Estate
- WRENN ID
- nether-mortar-dew
- 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
- NX 859 998
- Coordinates
- 55.2797, -3.79701
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The bridge on the Drumlanrig Estate is likely from the late medieval period but has undergone alterations. It is a road bridge featuring two segmental arches that rise high above the River Nith. Repairs were made to the east side of the central pier and the ledges between March and August 1710 by William Lukup, a mason from Thornhill, with further repairs occurring in 1747. In 1860, the roadway was widened on continuous corbel tables by Charles Howitt of the Drumlanrig estate, and at that time, parapets, spandrels, and wide approaches were also constructed. The bridge is built of pink ashlar and has narrow arches resting on wide abutments, with a massive central pier that includes pointed cutwaters on either side, which are splayed below the parapet. The bridge features coped parapets and a flat roadway. Notably, there are cast-iron lion mask drainage spouts located at the south end of the west abutment.
Local climate
Bridge, Drumlanrig Estate 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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