Martinton Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Railway viaduct.
Martinton Bridge
- WRENN ID
- weathered-nave-aspen
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- OS grid reference
- NX 973 778
- Coordinates
- 55.0844, -3.60973
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Martinton Bridge is a railway viaduct that was opened on October 15, 1849, as part of the Dumfries-Closeburn line, designed by engineer John Miller. The bridge carries double tracks and features three wide, skewed segmental arches over the River Nith, along with seven smaller arches on the low north bank. There is also a narrow round-headed pedestrian archway to the south. The entire structure is constructed from red sandstone, with the wide arches featuring channelled bullfaced ashlar and piers that have cutwaters. The arches are adorned with rusticated voissoirs and outer pilaster strips that are linked by a continuous string course. An iron handrail runs along the bridge. The smaller arches to the north are built of squared rubble, with ashlar dressings and a band below the parapets.
Local climate
Martinton Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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