Penkiln Suspension Bridge, Minnigaff is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 March 1993. Footbridge.

Penkiln Suspension Bridge, Minnigaff

WRENN ID
lunar-sandstone-hawk
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 March 1993
Type
Footbridge
OS grid reference
NX 409 664
Coordinates
54.96706, -4.48544
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Penkiln Suspension Bridge, located in Minnigaff, was designed by engineers D H and F Reid from Victoria Bridge Works in Ayr and was completed on 22 June 1911. This cast and wrought iron footbridge spans the River Cree in a single span. Major structural repairs were carried out in 1982 by Craich and Hogg, with W & J Barr as contractors. The bridge features slim lattice girder pylons that support the cables, an arched sheet metal deck, and lattice girder parapets.

Local climate

Penkiln Suspension Bridge, Minnigaff 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 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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