Tyne Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 September 1979.
Tyne Bridge
- WRENN ID
- iron-bonework-fern
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 September 1979
- OS grid reference
- NT 392 650
- Coordinates
- 55.87477, -2.973
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Tyne Bridge is a single-span bridge constructed in 1805 by Charles Abercromby as part of improvements to roads in Midlothian. It crosses the Tyne near the Lion's Gate of Prestonhall and was built alongside Cranstoun Bridge, which is part of the Oxenfoord Estate and is listed separately. The bridge was commissioned by James Clerk, Esq of Chester Hall, the Convenor of Roads and Highways. The bridge is built of dressed ashlar with ashlar voussoirs forming the semi-circular span. It has dentils above the parapet, which features an inset date stone and slab coping, and slightly projecting support walls to the flanks of the span. Curved wing walls extend to each side. The overall height, including the 4ft parapet, is 42ft, with the central arch rising to 29ft. The straight portion of the parapet measures 38ft, flanked by walls of 16ft each. The bridge replaced an earlier ford and serves the road between Oxenfoord and Prestonhall. It became a significant bridge over the Tyne, acting as an early bypass for the estates, and continues to carry the main A68 road. The historic environment record references a first edition Ordnance Survey map from circa 1856 and a publication by Rev John Dickson, CRANSTOUN: A PARISH HISTORY, page 143.
Local climate
Tyne Bridge receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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