Old Tyne Bridge, East Linton is a Grade A listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Bridge.
Old Tyne Bridge, East Linton
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-forge-flax
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Old Tyne Bridge, East Linton, EH40 3AF
- OS grid reference
- NT 592 771
- Coordinates
- 55.98523, -2.65453
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Tyne Bridge in East Linton is a mid to late 16th century structure that has undergone alterations and repairs in 1763 and 1934. This two-arched, ribbed bridge spans the River Tyne, carrying the old post road, and measures 98 feet in length and 31 feet 6 inches above the riverbed. It is constructed from squared and coursed red and yellow sandstone.
The bridge features a central pier with a stepped cutwater made of droved masonry, with the upper cutwater standing 6 feet high. It has two segmental arches that are tied together with rods and straps, and the arches are adorned with yellow chamfered voussoirs. The soffits of the arches have four chamfered ribs, which are flanked by 3-foot wide unribbed strips that include a keystone dated 1763. The impost moulding on the abutments is discontinued where the bridge has been widened at the southeast end. The abutments are splayed onto the banks, and the parapet is made of gablet coped coursed sandstone, featuring a string course and three red sandstone dies.
Local climate
Old Tyne Bridge, East Linton receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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