Tongland Bridge is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Tongland Bridge

WRENN ID: drifting-wattle-peregrine
Grade: A
Local Planning Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 4 November 1971
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Built 1804-1808. The bridge is usually credited to Thomas Telford but there is evidence that Alexander Naysmith collaborated with the design. Main segmental central arch 110ft span approx, flanked by round full-height buttress towers with 3 narrow pointed arches each side.

Bull-faced granite masonry, arches with boldly rusticated voussoirs. Corbelled embattled parapet, buttresses serve as pedestrian refuges, splayed abutments and parapet.

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