St James' Bridge, Gauze Street, Paisley is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 March 1985. Bridge.

St James' Bridge, Gauze Street, Paisley

WRENN ID
strange-ember-dawn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 March 1985
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NS 484 640
Coordinates
55.84542, -4.42261
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St James' Bridge, located on Gauze Street in Paisley, was built in 1883 and features an Italianate design. It is a two-span bridge with a semi-circular central abutment. The bridge is constructed from channelled ashlar and has architraved voussoirs that form segmental arches. Notable features include carved head keystones, a sculpted panel on the abutment, and a garland frieze. The cornice is supported by coupled columns that are set forward at the central opening, and there is a balustraded parapet. Only the south side of the bridge remains intact.

Local climate

St James' Bridge, Gauze Street, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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