Railway Roadbridge, Douglas Terrace, West Ferry, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1991. Bridge.

Railway Roadbridge, Douglas Terrace, West Ferry, Dundee

WRENN ID
tenth-screen-rain
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 October 1991
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NO 454 311
Coordinates
56.46892, -2.88737
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The railway roadbridge at Douglas Terrace, West Ferry, Dundee, was designed by Thomas Grainger and John Miller around 1838. It spans the railway line from Dundee to Aberdeen and is constructed of sandstone rubble, coursers, and ashlar masonry. The bridge features a single span elliptical arch supported by pilasters, an impost band, and an ashlar parapet with chamfered coping. Curved and splayed wing walls extend on both the north and south sides.

Local climate

Railway Roadbridge, Douglas Terrace, West Ferry, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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