Helmsdale Bridge, Helmsdale is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 March 1971. 1 related planning application.

Helmsdale Bridge, Helmsdale

WRENN ID
little-fireplace-claret
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 March 1971
OS grid reference
ND 025 153
Coordinates
58.11664, -3.65511
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Helmsdale Bridge is a substantial rubble bridge built in 1808-11 by Thomas Telford. It consists of two arches, with dressed stone arch rings, and features triangular cutwaters rising to parapet height, functioning as buttresses. The bridge has similarly detailed buttresses at each end, a string course made of ashlar, and a parapet cope. The approach to the bridge is sharply angled at the south end. Later additions include cast iron railings and lamp standards. The River Helmsdale was formerly known as the Ullie, and Helmsdale belonged to Loth Parish until 1841. The bridge is depicted in Telford’s Atlas of 1838 and is mentioned in the New Statistical Account of 1841.

Local climate

Helmsdale Bridge, Helmsdale receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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