Tweed Bridge, Peebles is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971. Bridge.
Tweed Bridge, Peebles
- WRENN ID
- weathered-stronghold-birch
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1971
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NT 250 403
- Coordinates
- 55.65047, -3.19268
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Tweed Bridge in Peebles is a significant structure originally built in the 15th century, with later widenings in 1834 and again between 1897 and 1900. The bridge features a principal span of five segmental arches, each approximately 40 feet wide, and is slightly splayed at both ends. It has a total width of 40 feet. To the northeast, there is a ramp leading to Tweed Green, which is supported by five round-headed arches. To the south, there is a railway bridge constructed with Glengarnock steel beams. The bridge is faced with whinstone and has cream sandstone dressings. Ashlar cutwaters on the west side merge with bull-faced extensions on the east side, and earlier arches can be seen. Ashlar piers separate the arches, and the parapet is supported by a dentil course. Cast-iron lamps featuring entwined dolphins are positioned on the piers. Ashlar plaques on both the inner and outer sides of the west parapet commemorate the widening that took place in 1834.
Local climate
Tweed Bridge, Peebles sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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