Ellemford Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 December 1997. Bridge.
Ellemford Bridge
- WRENN ID
- north-portal-sage
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1997
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NT 728 600
- Coordinates
- 55.83285, -2.43428
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ellemford Bridge, dated 1886 with later repairs, is a three-arch bridge that spans the Whiteadder Water. The inner elevations are made of heavily-pointed rubble sandstone, while the outer elevations feature squared and snecked tooled sandstone. The bridge has tooled and polished sandstone dressings and rendered bases on the piers. The segmental arches are adorned with polished voussoirs, and the bridge includes coursed abutments and soffits. Intermediate piers are supported by curved cutwater buttresses, and paired pilasters are advanced at the outer ends. A polished string course runs along the flat deck. On the eastern wall, there is a sandstone plaque inscribed with "Erected by the Berwickshire Road Trustees, John Turnbull Esq.... 1886." The parapet walls have round-arched coping that is splayed at both ends.
Local climate
Ellemford Bridge receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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