Driveway Bridge, Lews Castle, Stornoway, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1993. Bridge.

Driveway Bridge, Lews Castle, Stornoway, Lewis

WRENN ID
grim-flagstone-curlew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Constituency
Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1993
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NB 421 332
Coordinates
58.21209, -6.39246
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The driveway bridge at Lews Castle in Stornoway, Lewis, is believed to have been designed by Charles Wilson as part of the enhancements made for Sir James Matheson, who acquired the estate in 1844. However, it is also possible, though less likely, that it was built earlier for the Seaforth MacKenzies. The bridge features a large single segmental arch constructed from rubble, with rock-faced ashlar voussoirs and abutment buttresses. A band course on the upper part of the stonework defines the parapets, which are topped with spiked wrought-iron railings.

Local climate

Driveway Bridge, Lews Castle, Stornoway, Lewis sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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