Glenesk Bridge, Edinburgh And Dalkeith Railway is a Grade A listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Viaduct.

Glenesk Bridge, Edinburgh And Dalkeith Railway

WRENN ID
dim-passage-foxglove
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
Type
Viaduct
OS grid reference
NT 323 671
Coordinates
55.89258, -3.08291
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Glenesk Bridge is a railway bridge designed by James Jardine between 1829 and 1831, located on a north-south axis. It features a single span with a semicircular arch made of channelled bull-faced ashlar. The smooth ashlar channelled voussoirs complete the arch. The railway track has been removed.

Local climate

Glenesk Bridge, Edinburgh And Dalkeith Railway 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 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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