Railway Bridge, Ayton is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 September 1999. Railway bridge.
Railway Bridge, Ayton
- WRENN ID
- graven-baluster-coral
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 September 1999
- Type
- Railway bridge
- OS grid reference
- NT 923 597
- Coordinates
- 55.83114, -2.12402
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Railway Bridge in Ayton, designed by Robert Dodds in 1845, features two linked single-arched railway bridges set at angles, spanning separate roads. The bridges are constructed from pointed rubble, which is squared and snecked in parts, with sandstone ashlar dressings, rubble abutments, coursed soffits, and rubble wing walls.
The west bridge has a large, segmental-arched opening with raised voussoirs. It is flanked by full-height, slightly projecting pilasters that have raised quoins at the inner angles. There are raised string courses beneath the coped parapets, which have sandstone plaques centered above the openings. These plaques are inscribed with 'North British Railway, Ayton Contract, Robert Dodds Contractor, 1845.'
The east bridge features a smaller, round-arched opening with panelled voussoirs. It also has raised string courses beneath coped parapets and projecting wing walls, which are built up in part. Additionally, there is a small, round-arched opening that spans a stream to the southwest.
Local climate
Railway Bridge, Ayton receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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