Horace's Bridge, River South Esk, Arniston House is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 November 1998. Bridge.
Horace's Bridge, River South Esk, Arniston House
- WRENN ID
- final-beam-crag
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1998
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NT 319 589
- Coordinates
- 55.81908, -3.088
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Horace's Bridge is a late 18th century rustic bridge that spans the River South Esk. It features a semicircular arched single span, constructed from unhewn stones that are set randomly to promote the growth of moss and ferns. The bridge has a rubble arch ring and rubble coping, with splayed wing walls. At each end, there are rusticated terminal piers topped with polished caps. Additionally, there is a Latin inscription on a panel located at the center of the west elevation.
Local climate
Horace's Bridge, River South Esk, 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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