St Ann's Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. 2 related planning applications.
St Ann's Bridge
- WRENN ID
- winter-tower-holly
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- OS grid reference
- NY 068 933
- Coordinates
- 55.2255, -3.46596
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Ann’s Bridge is a castellated roadbridge, likely designed by Alexander Stevens, dating from 1795. It was substantially widened to the south and improved in 1817. The bridge carries the A701 road over the Kinnel Water and features a single, wide segmental arch over the water, with smaller, hoodmoulded pedestrian arches flanking it. The bridge is constructed of coursed and squared red rubble with polished dressings. Square recesses are located below block corbels, which support crenellated parapets. Parapet walls continue along the roadway on the west bank, and a milestone is situated at the southern end.
According to the Old and New Statistical Accounts, an earlier bridge existed on the site as early as 1782. St Ann’s Bridge is part of a group that includes Raehills gatepiers and screen walls.
Local climate
St Ann's Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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