Footbridge, Horse Pool, Hoddom Castle Policies is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 September 1987. Footbridge.

Footbridge, Horse Pool, Hoddom Castle Policies

WRENN ID
kindled-hinge-spring
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 September 1987
Type
Footbridge
OS grid reference
NY 155 733
Coordinates
55.04736, -3.32276
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This footbridge, likely built around 1880, spans the River Annan and is located within the Hoddom Castle Policies. It features red ashlar abutments that are rusticated at the base, with identical rectangular piers that are coped and have a blank crest on the outer face. The superstructure is framed in wrought iron, showcasing lattice-patterned straight parapets and timber decking. The bridge consists of five flat spans, each supported by pairs of cast-iron columns.

Local climate

Footbridge, Horse Pool, Hoddom Castle Policies sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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