Blackadder Suspension Bridge is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 March 1997. Bridge.

Blackadder Suspension Bridge

WRENN ID
tired-banister-vale
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 March 1997
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 855 542
Coordinates
55.78134, -2.23167
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Blackadder Suspension Bridge is a mid-19th century single span wrought-iron girder bridge that crosses the Blackadder Water. Although it is referred to as a suspension bridge on maps, it features a lattice parapet and is supported by stugged ashlar piers with polished ashlar dressings. The bridge has rusticated quoins at the abutments, coped dies, and curved wing walls. The route across the bridge is timber boarded.

Local climate

Blackadder Suspension Bridge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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