Alexander Bridge, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 February 1990. Footbridge. 1 related planning application.
Alexander Bridge, Tain
- WRENN ID
- twisted-cobalt-peregrine
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1990
- Type
- Footbridge
- OS grid reference
- NH 785 824
- Coordinates
- 57.81493, -4.04619
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Alexander Bridge in Tain was designed by David J. Reid and constructed by the Rose Street Foundry of Inverness between 1901 and 1902. This decorative suspension footbridge spans approximately 50 metres. It features a wooden deck that is supported by steel cables and hangers, with pairs of lattice-steel pylons at each end, which are topped by ornate finials.
Local climate
Alexander Bridge, Tain receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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