Main Water Bridge, New Luce is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 December 1979. Bridge.

Main Water Bridge, New Luce

WRENN ID
quiet-steel-ochre
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 December 1979
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NX 173 647
Coordinates
54.94405, -4.85339
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Main Water Bridge in New Luce is a late 18th century vehicular bridge that spans the Main Water of Luce. It is designed for single-track use and runs on an east-west axis. The bridge features a single span with a broad segmental arch, constructed from rubble. The voussoirs and coping are also made of rubble, while the southeast wing wall has a concrete semicircular coping. The parapets are angled at the center.

Local climate

Main Water Bridge, New Luce 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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