Kinnel Bridge is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Kinnel Bridge
- WRENN ID
- tenth-lime-elder
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- OS grid reference
- NY 089 850
- Coordinates
- 55.15103, -3.43043
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Kinnel Bridge is a roadbridge built in 1723, with widening work undertaken in 1821. It carries a road over the Kinnel Water via two main arches and a third, smaller flood relief arch set into the bank. The bridge was built by John Frew and was likely designed by William Luckup, possibly the son of the former Master of Works at Drumlanrig, who had previously produced bridge designs for the Commissioners of Supply. Frew's name on the inscribed datestone is something of a historical anomaly, as records indicate Luckup was formally contracted to build it. The bridge was widened in 1821 by John MacDonald, who had experience working on bridges designed by Thomas Telford, such as at Beattock; the widening work retained the original bridge's profile. It is constructed of rubble with ashlar voussoirs and dressings. The original bridge features massive pointed cutwaters facing downstream, and a band course below the stone parapet. The later addition has lighter cutwaters and shallow, battered abutments. It is part of a group with Todhillmuir cottage.
Local climate
Kinnel Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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