Footbridge, Purvies Hill Burn, Sunken Garden, Arniston House is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 March 1998. Bridge.
Footbridge, Purvies Hill Burn, Sunken Garden, Arniston House
- WRENN ID
- night-barrel-candle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1998
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NT 326 591
- Coordinates
- 55.82103, -3.07703
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The footbridge over Purvies Hill Burn, located in the sunken garden of Arniston House, dates from the early 19th century but incorporates fragments from the 17th century and was rebuilt in the 20th century. It features a flat arched, single span design.
On the east elevation, there is a 17th century carved stone parapet, which includes a central rose surrounded by strapwork, supported by carved corbel stones. Above this, there is a carved foliated finial. To the right, there is an angular stone upright, and to the left, a rectangular 17th century stone upright with an advanced obelisk topped by a spiked globe finial. Each wing wall is adorned with single nailhead stones.
The west elevation showcases a segmental arched coped ashlar parapet, which features a central carved scroll finial.
Local climate
Footbridge, Purvies Hill Burn, Sunken Garden, Arniston House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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