Kelso Bridge is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1971. Bridge.

Kelso Bridge

WRENN ID
fossil-hearth-barley
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 727 336
Coordinates
55.59538, -2.43332
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kelso Bridge, designed by John Rennie between 1800 and 1803, features five elliptical arches that support a level carriageway. The piers have rounded cut waters that hold a pair of engaged Doric columns above. These columns are topped with a frieze that creates shallow refuges for pedestrians. The bridge also has a block cornice with a blind balustrade. At the west end of the bridge, there are two cast iron lamp-standards that were originally from Rennie's London Bridge.

Local climate

Kelso Bridge receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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