Ken Bridge is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Ken Bridge

WRENN ID
gentle-moulding-cedar
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 640 783
Coordinates
55.08099, -4.13122
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ken Bridge is a five-arch granite bridge designed by John Rennie, built between 1820 and 1821. It spans the River Ken and features a curving roadway at the boundaries of Balmaclellan and Kells parishes. The bridge is symmetrical, with five graduated segmental arches, the central arch having the widest span of approximately 100 feet and an overall span of about 350 feet. The masonry is made of rock-faced granite, with polished granite soffits and the inner face of the parapet. It has round-nosed cutwater piers on the river bed and pilasters at the spandrels. A bull-nosed string course runs along the base of the parapet, and the abutments are splayed.

Local climate

Ken Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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