Suspension Footbridge, Corrieshalloch Gorge is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. 1 related planning application.
Suspension Footbridge, Corrieshalloch Gorge
- WRENN ID
- dark-joist-dew
- 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 203 780
- Coordinates
- 57.75573, -5.02111
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a late 19th-century suspension footbridge designed by Sir John Fowler, the engineer renowned for his work on the Forth Railway Bridge. Built to span the Measach Falls within the Corrieshalloch Gorge, it is one of three "very handsome light bridges" constructed over the River Broom. The bridge features a simple iron zig-zag balustrade and a wooden deck, with an 84-foot span. A memorial tablet commemorating Fowler's work is located in Lochbroom Parish Church. Further details about his involvement are documented in works by Thomas Mackay and Macdonald.
Local climate
Suspension Footbridge, Corrieshalloch Gorge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 79 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 65 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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