Stronvar Bridge, River Balvag, Balquhidder is a Grade B listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 September 1973. Bridge.
Stronvar Bridge, River Balvag, Balquhidder
- WRENN ID
- north-hinge-fog
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 September 1973
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NN 535 206
- Coordinates
- 56.35504, -4.37252
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Stronvar Bridge, located over the River Balvag in Balquhidder, was built between 1779 and 1780, possibly using some earlier materials. This long bridge features three segmental arches with triangular cutwaters on both sides, along with three smaller flood arches that decrease in size towards the north. It has a waist-height parapet topped with flat copes. The bridge remains unaltered and is an unusually long example of 18th century architecture, making it of considerable architectural and historic interest. It serves as a notable local landmark. The materials used include random rubble with roughly dressed voussoirs and copes.
Local climate
Stronvar Bridge, River Balvag, Balquhidder sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,750 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 78 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 58 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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