Smittons Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1990. Bridge.
Smittons Bridge
- WRENN ID
- silent-pavement-ebony
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1990
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NX 632 918
- Coordinates
- 55.20222, -4.14953
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Smittons Bridge, built around 1830, is located over the Water of Ken near Smeatons Farm, marking the borders of the Dalry and Carsphairn parishes. This bridge features a single depressed arch with splayed abutments and has a span of 42 feet. The structure is constructed with dressed granite voussoirs and springers, while the soffits are made of rendered rubble. The spandrels, abutments, parapets, and terminal piers are also made of rubble, and the parapet and piers are topped with dressed granite coping.
Local climate
Smittons Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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