Park Bridge, Riddell is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 June 2003.
Park Bridge, Riddell
- WRENN ID
- western-loggia-grove
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 June 2003
- OS grid reference
- NT 517 244
- Coordinates
- 55.51165, -2.76535
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Park Bridge, dated 1851, is a single-span estate bridge situated at Riddell Policies. The bridge crosses a burn and features stepped approaches and an ornamental balustrade. It is constructed from ashlar and roughly squared rubble, with a saddleback-coped parapet. A stepped, balustraded parapet is located centrally, bearing the inscription 'M 1851 S' at its base. A similar, late 18th century bridge (listed separately) is located to the south, crossing the Ale Water. The statutory address is Riddell Policies, Park Bridge (North).
Local climate
Park Bridge, Riddell sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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