Kirtle New Bridge, Kirtlebridge is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Kirtle New Bridge, Kirtlebridge
- WRENN ID
- night-lead-snow
- Grade
- C
- 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 238 728
- Coordinates
- 55.0445, -3.19295
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Kirtle New Bridge, located on the former route of the A74 near Kirtlebridge, is a road bridge likely built around 1820, probably by Thomas Telford. It consists of a single segmental arch, approximately 17 metres in span, crossing the Kirtle Water. The original construction utilized red ashlar, featuring rusticated voussoirs. In 1954, the bridge was widened to the north and south, and the parapets were rebuilt. The arch itself is now reinforced concrete, faced with ashlar. The bridge has a straight roadway and parapets, with the southern parapet curving at its approaches. The bridge is also situated within the parish of Middlebie and stands on the edge of Kirtlebridge Village.
Local climate
Kirtle New Bridge, Kirtlebridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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