Bridge Of Oich, Oich is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Bridge.

Bridge Of Oich, Oich

WRENN ID
solitary-rafter-woodpecker
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NH 337 036
Coordinates
57.09335, -4.74531
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Bridge of Oich, built around 1850 and likely designed by James Dredge, is a double cantilever chain suspension bridge. It features coursed bull-faced rubble battered pylons that are connected by round-headed arches with pediments. There is a long dry-stone approach causeway leading from the east to the bridge, which has a wooden deck.

Local climate

Bridge Of Oich, Oich sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 58 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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