Old Bridge, White Cart Water, Snuff Mill Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Bridge.

Old Bridge, White Cart Water, Snuff Mill Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
outer-newel-storm
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South MP: Gordon McKee (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NS 585 601
Coordinates
55.81374, -4.25923
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Bridge over the White Cart Water on Snuff Mill Road in Glasgow is a bridge of uncertain but comparatively early date, likely from the early part of the 18th century, possibly closer to 1700. A datestone from 1624 is believed to relate to an earlier bridge.

The bridge features a large single arch with an approximate span of 20 meters, along with a round-arched subsidiary span on the lower east bank. The main arch springs from the cliffs on the west bank, causing the roadway to slope downwards from west to east.

Constructed mainly of coursed rubble, the bridge includes ashlar voussoirs, and the parapets and some upper masonry have been rebuilt over the years. The pier between the arches is thicker than the main elements of the bridge and is splayed where it widens, resembling pointed cutwaters; however, its ends are squared off rather than pointed or significantly narrowed. The roadway and parapets are narrow, with the coping of the parapets featuring deeply-chamfered arrises.

Additionally, the walls on the west side leading up to Old Castle Road define an early roadway and are themselves of early date.

Local climate

Old Bridge, White Cart Water, Snuff Mill Road, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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