Threave Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971.
Threave Bridge
- WRENN ID
- vacant-storey-plum
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- OS grid reference
- NX 737 603
- Coordinates
- 54.92168, -3.97164
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Threave Bridge is a granite bridge built in 1825, likely designed by John Rennie. It spans the River Dee and originally comprised three depressed arches with bold, polished voussoirs, the remaining masonry being bull-faced. Round-nosed cutwaters support the arch springers, and pilasters are present on the spandrels. The soffits of the arches have been concreted. In 1986, the bridge was widened to accommodate the A75 road, with the south elevation being largely reconstructed to the original design. The bridge shares a similar style and construction with Ken Bridge, although it is smaller in scale. Further details are recorded in McKerlie, volume V, page 107.
Local climate
Threave Bridge 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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