Low Bridge Of Tarff is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Bridge.

Low Bridge Of Tarff

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NX 684 540
Coordinates
54.86418, -4.05047
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Low Bridge of Tarff is a single-arch stone bridge built in the later 18th century. It spans Tarff Water near its junction with the River Dee, marking the boundary between the parishes of Twynholm and Tongland. The bridge features a segmental arch with an approximate span of 45 feet, and the carriageway is about 12 feet wide over the arch, widening at the abutments. The extensive abutments serve as buttresses and provide pedestrian refuges. The structure includes square granite voussoirs, a rubble soffit, and rubble spandrels and abutments, with parapets that have sandstone coping.

Local climate

Low Bridge Of Tarff sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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