Conglass Bridge, Tomintoul is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 November 1987. 2 related planning applications.
Conglass Bridge, Tomintoul
- WRENN ID
- pale-parapet-twilight
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1987
- OS grid reference
- NJ 175 190
- Coordinates
- 57.25507, -3.36782
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Conglass Bridge, near Tomintoul, dates to around 1830, although it likely incorporates earlier materials. It is a single-span rubble bridge featuring a segmental arch constructed of tooled rubble, rising from tooled rubble abutments. Shallow buttressing is present on the bridge’s winged approaches, terminating in large end pilasters with tooled ashlar cushion caps. A tooled rubble cope forms the parapet. Later cast-iron stays have been added to the structure. The approximate span of the bridge is 40 feet.
The bridge’s construction is linked to the Duke of Gordon, who, by 1794, had commissioned the creation of a road for carriages from Glenrinnes through Glen Livet to Tomintoul. It is believed that the original bridge at this point was damaged or destroyed during significant flooding in August 1829. The cushion end caps are a characteristic feature of bridges built by the Duke of Gordon in the area; one original cap has been replaced with a rendered copy.
Local climate
Conglass Bridge, Tomintoul sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% 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 81 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 62 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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