Porphary Bridge is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 2000. Bridge.
Porphary Bridge
- WRENN ID
- lesser-merlon-coral
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 March 2000
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NO 460 941
- Coordinates
- 57.03492, -2.88974
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Porphary Bridge is a single span, segmental-arched rustic bridge built in the later 19th century, likely designed by George Truefitt. It crosses the Water of Tanar and is constructed from squared and snecked rough-faced granite. The bridge features a rough-faced granite arch-ring with a keystone, splayed wing walls, and a parapet made of roughly cut granite rubble.
Local climate
Porphary Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 83 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 60 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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