Riccarton Old Bridge, River Irvine, Old Street, Kilmarnock is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 July 1980. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Riccarton Old Bridge, River Irvine, Old Street, Kilmarnock

WRENN ID
solitary-chimney-willow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 July 1980
Type
Bridge
Address
Riccarton Old Bridge, River Irvine, Old Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 4DS
OS grid reference
NS 427 365
Coordinates
55.59724, -4.49662
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Riccarton Old Bridge, located over the River Irvine on Old Street in Kilmarnock, dates back to 1723. It is a three-span bridge featuring semicircular arches. The structure is made of coursed and partially tooled sandstone ashlar, squared rubble, and has a later tarmac roadway along with a paved pedestrian way.

The east and west principal elevations showcase the three spans with ashlar voussoirs and depressed arch rings. The central arch is slightly wider than the others. Triangular cut waters are present next to the piers and abutments, which have battered caps. The spandrels are made of squared rubble, and the parapet has chamfered coping that leads to slightly advanced moulded wing walls. Additionally, there are much later utility pipes attached to the outer elevations of the parapets, with the upper pipe on the west elevation partially boxed in by timber.

Local climate

Riccarton Old Bridge, River Irvine, Old Street, Kilmarnock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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