Duchess Bridge, River Esk, Langholm Lodge is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Duchess Bridge, River Esk, Langholm Lodge
- WRENN ID
- unlit-parapet-clover
- 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 355 852
- Coordinates
- 55.15727, -3.01234
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an ornamental cast-iron footbridge, designed by William Keir, Junior of Buccleuch Estates and cast in Workington. It was erected in Autumn 1813 within the grounds of Langholm Lodge for the Duke of Buccleuch. The bridge comprises a single segmental arch formed by lattice girders, with shallow spandrels at either end. It is supported by bull-faced ashlar abutments featuring angled springers. The parapets are simple, with balusters, and splayed outwards towards the approaches. It is likely the earliest existing iron bridge in Scotland.
Local climate
Duchess Bridge, River Esk, Langholm Lodge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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