Kirkdale Bridge

Kirkdale Bridge is an imposing three-arch bridge built around 1787, based on plans by Robert Adam, although it was not executed exactly as designed. The bridge was widened to the south, and its elevations were rebuilt to match the original in 1857 by architect Andrew MacMaster and mason James Brown. The bridge spans the Kirkdale Burn, with the central span measuring approximately 6.0 meters and the flanking spans about 3.8 meters each. Originally, the bridge was 6.1 meters wide, but it was widened by 12.8 meters in 1857.

The bridge features three semi-circular arches supported by bull-nosed cutwater buttresses with conical caps at the springing points. In the spandrels above the arches, there are oculi, except for the eastern side of the northern elevation. The structure is built from rubble, with rubble voussoirs and oculi. A finely dressed granite bandcourse runs over the arches, and there is a deep plain coped parapet with splayed embrasures. On the western arch of the northern elevation, there are two stepped rows of voussoirs. The junction between the two construction phases is clearly visible on the soffit, with the crown of the later work rising slightly higher than the original arches. The southern elevation was rebuilt to match the original design.