Skipper's Bridge (A7 over River Esk) is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Skipper's Bridge (A7 over River Esk)
- WRENN ID
- slow-chamber-moon
- Grade
- A
- 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 370 833
- Coordinates
- 55.14091, -2.98882
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Skipper's Bridge is a road bridge, built between 1693 and 1700, and widened to the north around 1807. It spans the River Esk with three unequal segmental arches. The outer arches are smaller and designed to provide flood relief, with the westernmost arch being the smallest. The bridge is constructed from squared rubble with ashlar voussoirs, and features pointed cutwaters on either side. A corbel table is visible on the original south elevation, stepped to follow the arches. Pilaster strips run along the north elevation, positioned above the cutwaters. The parapets were added in the 19th century and splay outwards towards the approaches. A manuscript written by MacFarlane in 1726 describes the bridge as being “built about 26 years ago,” confirming the early 18th-century date. References to the bridge appear in Hyslop’s “Langholm as it Was” (1912) and MacFarlane’s “Geographical Collections” (vol II, p.390).
Local climate
Skipper's Bridge (A7 over River Esk) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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