Chinese Bridge, Lake Wood, Manderston House is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 February 1996. Bridge.

Chinese Bridge, Lake Wood, Manderston House

WRENN ID
forgotten-string-stoat
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 February 1996
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 810 541
Coordinates
55.78022, -2.303
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Chinese Bridge at Lake Wood, near Manderston House, was likely built around 1800. It is a low pedestrian bridge supported by paired timber posts and has a slight rise towards the center. The bridge features a light, lattice timber balustrade and crosses a lake located to the south of the boathouse.

Local climate

Chinese Bridge, Lake Wood, Manderston House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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