New Bridge Of Doon, Alloway, Ayr is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 January 1980. Bridge.

New Bridge Of Doon, Alloway, Ayr

WRENN ID
burning-span-thunder
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 January 1980
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NS 331 179
Coordinates
55.4269, -4.63808
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The New Bridge of Doon in Alloway, Ayr, built in 1816, is a single-arched road bridge made from rock-faced stone. It features a plain hoodmould above the voussoirs and has a banded parapet with wing-walls leading to the road.

Local climate

New Bridge Of Doon, Alloway, Ayr 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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