Bridge, Fala Dam Burn, Fala Dam is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. 1 related planning application.
Bridge, Fala Dam Burn, Fala Dam
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-railing-bittern
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1971
- Address
- Bridge, Fala Dam Burn, Fala Dam, EH37 5SU
- OS grid reference
- NT 429 615
- Coordinates
- 55.84415, -2.91267
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a circa 1850 single-span, segmental-arched bridge located over the Fala Dam Burn, near Fala Dam. The bridge was built to replace a ford and originally spanned what was the main road between Edinburgh, Cornhill, and Kelso. It is constructed of random rubble with lime mortar, featuring ashlar spandrels and abutments. The bridge has a rubble parapet with shaped stone copes, and wing walls with stone copes to the east and west, along with training walls at river level. A replacement concrete haunch has been added. J Hunter documented the bridge in Fala and Soutra in 1891. Fala Dam itself is a small, picturesque hamlet situated off the main road.
Local climate
Bridge, Fala Dam Burn, Fala Dam receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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