Sark Bridge, Gretna is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 October 1988.
Sark Bridge, Gretna
- WRENN ID
- sharp-chancel-meadow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1988
- OS grid reference
- NY 327 669
- Coordinates
- 54.99292, -3.05311
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Sark Bridge, located in Kirkandrews Parish, is probably the work of Thomas Telford, dating to around 1810. It is a road bridge consisting of two segmental arches spanning the River Sark. The bridge is constructed entirely of red ashlar stone, with rusticated voussoirs. It features pointed low cutwaters on either side, strings below the parapets, and shallow ramped and splayed parapets in the approach areas. Historical records, including charts and plans from 1809 related to communications between England and Ireland, depict a single-arch bridge in a similar style, with an engraving by James Basire dated March 1808.
Local climate
Sark Bridge, Gretna sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 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 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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