Glenlochar Bridge is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Bridge.
Glenlochar Bridge
- WRENN ID
- plain-hammer-frost
- Grade
- A
- 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 732 645
- Coordinates
- 54.95907, -3.98172
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Glenlochar Bridge, built around 1797, is a five-arch stone bridge that spans the Water of Ken at the boundaries of the Crossmichael and Balmaghie parishes. The bridge features five symmetrically arranged depressed arches, with a total span of approximately 312 feet. It is constructed with dressed granite voussoirs and bull-nosed cutwater buttresses on both sides of the piers. The soffit, spandrels, and abutments are made of rubble. Above the buttresses, there are blind medallions with polished margins. The bridge has a rubble parapet with dressed granite coping, a shallow splayed embrasure, and a narrow, slightly humpbacked carriageway.
Local climate
Glenlochar Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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