King James Bridge, Balnagown Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.
King James Bridge, Balnagown Castle
- WRENN ID
- stark-porch-thistle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NH 760 753
- Coordinates
- 57.75086, -4.08367
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The King James Bridge at Balnagown Castle is an 18th-century rubble bridge of high arched single span design, featuring long causeway approaches. A late 18th-century addition consists of spearhead railings in the central section of the bridge. Later in the 19th century, bullfaced masonry approach parapets were added, incorporating ashlar copes. The single arch ring has chamfered ashlar dressing. The causeway includes buttresses. The bridge spans the River Balnagown.
Local climate
King James Bridge, Balnagown Castle receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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