Murdostoun Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 October 1978. 1 related planning application.
Murdostoun Bridge
- WRENN ID
- broken-cupola-rook
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Airdrie and Shotts MP: Kenneth Stevenson (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1978
- Address
- Murdostoun Bridge, ML2 9QB
- OS grid reference
- NS 835 570
- Coordinates
- 55.79298, -3.8591
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Murdostoun Bridge is an 1817 single-span segmental-arch bridge built over the South Calder Water. The bridge crosses the river, which historically divided the Murdostoun Estate from the Allanton estate and also marks the parish boundary. It is situated equidistant between the village of Bonkle, associated with the Allanton estate, and Murdostoun Castle. Constructed primarily of yellow ashlar sandstone, the bridge features chamfered wing walls, a hoodmoulded arch ring, and low ashlar parapets. It was likely built by the Stewarts of Allanton and shares a similar style with the triple-span Allanton House bridge (listed separately). The date aligns with the construction of many cottages in Bonkle village, while the Murdostoun estate itself was unoccupied at the time.
Local climate
Murdostoun Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% 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 0.2°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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