Old Bridge, Whitebridge is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 December 1976. Bridge.

Old Bridge, Whitebridge

WRENN ID
eternal-soffit-laurel
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 December 1976
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NH 489 153
Coordinates
57.20409, -4.50268
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Bridge at Whitebridge, built in 1732 by General Wade, is a high single span hump-back bridge. It is constructed of rubble with some modern rendering and features ashlar dressings. The arch ring, which is keystoned, springs from low ashlar abutments. There is a pulvinated string course that is partially damaged, and the cope to the parapet is roughly tooled, rising to a shallow point in the center. The approaches to the bridge are splayed, and the approximate span is 40 feet.

Local climate

Old Bridge, Whitebridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 78 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 61 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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