Smiddyhill Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 December 1997. Bridge.
Smiddyhill Bridge
- WRENN ID
- gentle-arch-curlew
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1997
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NT 696 612
- Coordinates
- 55.84326, -2.48611
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Smiddyhill Bridge, dated 1887 with later repairs, is a two-arch bridge that spans the Whiteadder Water. It is constructed from pointed rubble, featuring tooled and polished cream sandstone dressings. The bridge has polished voussoirs on its segmental arches, with rubble abutments and soffits. Central piers are supported by curved cutwater buttresses, and paired pilasters are advanced at the outer ends, showcasing tooled quoins. Dated panels are centered in the spandrels beneath polished string courses that mark the flat deck, and the parapet walls have polished coping, which is splayed at either end.
Local climate
Smiddyhill Bridge receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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