Bridge, Anchor Thread Mills, Paisley is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 August 1990. Footbridge.

Bridge, Anchor Thread Mills, Paisley

WRENN ID
noble-rubble-russet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 August 1990
Type
Footbridge
OS grid reference
NS 487 635
Coordinates
55.84118, -4.41764
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a footbridge built around 1880, made of wrought iron or steel, featuring a bowstring truss design. It spans the White Cart Water and connects the Domestic Finishing Mill to Loanend. The bridge has wrought-iron piers and Anchor Shields at the southern end.

Local climate

Bridge, Anchor Thread Mills, 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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