Coldstream Bridge, River Tweed, Coldstream is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971. Bridge.

Coldstream Bridge, River Tweed, Coldstream

WRENN ID
watchful-keep-heath
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 June 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 848 401
Coordinates
55.65446, -2.24186
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Coldstream Bridge is a road bridge built between 1763 and 1766 by John Smeaton, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It features five segmental arches and two side flood arches, spanning the border between Scotland and England on the A698 over the River Tweed. The bridge has four battered semi-octagonal cutwaters positioned between the arches, each adorned with triple projecting keystones and decorative ashlar-edged oculi in the spandrels. A plain dentilled cornice runs along the base of the parapet. The structure is made of squared and dressed sandstone, with random whin rubble used for the roundel oculi. Additionally, there are cantilevered concrete footpaths on either side of the roadway, added between 1960 and 1961.

Local climate

Coldstream Bridge, River Tweed, Coldstream 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 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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