Northern 4 Span Aqueduct, Duchray Valley is a Grade A listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 September 1979. Aqueduct bridge. 1 related planning application.
Northern 4 Span Aqueduct, Duchray Valley
- WRENN ID
- late-gargoyle-plum
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 September 1979
- Type
- Aqueduct bridge
- OS grid reference
- NN 451 002
- Coordinates
- 56.16965, -4.49628
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Northern 4 Span Aqueduct in the Duchray Valley was constructed between 1856 and 1859 by engineer John F Bateman, with ironwork by Alston & Gourlay. Some alterations were made between 1860 and 1864. This 154-yard aqueduct bridge features an iron trough supported by three battered piers and steep battered masonry embankments at both ends. The outer piers are made of masonry, while the central pier is constructed of concrete and includes an access door at its base. The cast-iron trough connects to embankment sections, with riveted wrought-iron used in the center. The piers are made of coursed, bull-faced sandstone, and the embankments consist of whinstone rubble. The embankments are capped with sandstone ashlar. At each end, the conduit emerges from a sandstone archway, and standard Glasgow City Water Works plain cast-iron railings are present. In 2007, a security cover and railings were added to the embankment sections of the trough.
Local climate
Northern 4 Span Aqueduct, Duchray Valley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,730 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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