Monkwood Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971.
Monkwood Bridge
- WRENN ID
- dusk-oriel-oak
- 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 335 154
- Coordinates
- 55.40463, -4.6309
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Monkwood Bridge is a single-span, round-arched bridge built in 1798 by John and James Rutherford, who acted as builders. It crosses the River Doon. The bridge is constructed from tooled sandstone rubble, with an unusual vermiculated arch-ring. It features a coped parapet. A tooled panel above the sculpted keystone in the centre of the eastern parapet reads "John and James Rutherford builders," while a panel on the western parapet displays the date "1798". The bridge is shown on Thomson's map of Ayrshire from 1828 and on both the 1860 and 1897 Ordnance Survey maps. It was noted on page 136 of K Andrew’s 1981 publication, Ayrshire: Kyle and Carrick District.
Local climate
Monkwood Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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