Old Bridge, Kirkmichael is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971.

Old Bridge, Kirkmichael

WRENN ID: salt-string-bittern
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: South Ayrshire
Constituency: Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 14 April 1971
OS grid reference: NS 344 089
Coordinates: 55.34647, -4.61246
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Bridge at Kirkmichael is a small, segmental stone bridge dating to approximately 1775, as indicated by the date inscribed on both keystones. It spans the Dyrock Burn. The bridge is located at Bridge, Portcheck.

Local climate

Old Bridge, Kirkmichael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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.

Old Bridge, Kirkmichael

Description

Local climate

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