Hermitage Bridge is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 November 2007. Bridge.

Hermitage Bridge

WRENN ID
quiet-plinth-saffron
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 November 2007
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NY 495 895
Coordinates
55.19785, -2.79341
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Hermitage Bridge, built in 1832 by John and Thomas Smith of Darnick, features two uneven segmental arches that span Hermitage Water. The bridge has central rounded cutwaters, circular end piers, and splayed wing walls on the west side. It is constructed from squared yellow sandstone rubble, with dressed red sandstone voussoirs and a bull-faced sandstone central pier. The bridge is topped with an ashlar-coped parapet.

Local climate

Hermitage Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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