Bridge O' Ess is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. Bridge.

Bridge O' Ess

WRENN ID
dreaming-lantern-dawn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 November 1972
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NO 504 972
Coordinates
57.06337, -2.81843
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Bridge O' Ess is an early 19th-century single span, segmental-arched bridge that was widened in 1894 by George Truefitt and Thomas Mawson. It crosses the Water of Tanar and is constructed of granite rubble, featuring a finely finished granite arch-ring. The bridge has splayed wing walls that end in circular terminations topped with half-sphere caps. The rough-faced, coped parapet includes shallow refuges at the angles and decorative ironwork railings. Inside the west parapet, there is a datestone that reads "1894," while the outside of the west parapet has a tooled panel.

Local climate

Bridge O' Ess sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 73 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 51 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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