Guildhall Bridge, Kirkconnel is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. 1 related planning application.
Guildhall Bridge, Kirkconnel
- WRENN ID
- scarred-roof-juniper
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- OS grid reference
- NS 721 123
- Coordinates
- 55.38833, -4.01918
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Guildhall Bridge is a road bridge, probably designed by the engineer John Smeaton in 1756. An inscription panel states that it was built by William Douglas Mason of Crechan in 1761. The bridge spans the River Nith with three segmental arches, and the roadway slopes down towards the south bank. It was widened in 1920 using iron girders, as evidenced by a dated inscription. The bridge is constructed of red rubble with ashlar voussoirs. Cutwaters rise upwards, likely originally serving as pedestrian refuges, and the bridge features splayed abutments and approaches. Records indicate that John Smeaton created plans for the bridge in 1756, following a report he made on the River Lochar in 1754. He evidently provided designs for other works in Dumfriesshire. The bridge is designated Category C(S) owing to its altered condition. Minutes of the Commissioners of supply, held in the Ewart Library, Dumfries (reference D1/1/6), contain further details.
Local climate
Guildhall Bridge, Kirkconnel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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