Lothian Bridge, Tyne Water, Tyne Valley, Pathhead is a Grade A listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Lothian Bridge, Tyne Water, Tyne Valley, Pathhead
- WRENN ID
- ancient-sandstone-winter
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1971
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NT 390 645
- Coordinates
- 55.87004, -2.97477
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Lothian Bridge, located over the Tyne Water in the Tyne Valley at Pathhead, was designed by engineer Thomas Telford and built by James Lees between 1827 and 1831. This bridge features five semi-circular arches, with segmental arches that support the footpath and triangular buttresses at each end, along with wing walls.
On the southwest and northeast elevations, there are five semi-circular ashlar arches set on piers, with ashlar voussoirs and abutments, and an impost course. The design includes five projecting flattened segmental arches that are adorned with decorative pilasters next to the main piers, and each end is supported by a triangular buttress, along with a retaining wall and curved wing walls.
The northwest to southeast elevation accommodates a two-lane road with footpaths on either side. The ashlar parapet features insets that are inscribed with the construction date, and it is topped with flat coping stones.
Local climate
Lothian Bridge, Tyne Water, Tyne Valley, Pathhead 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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