Bridge On East Drive, Traquair House

Heritage listing

Category B Group Category Details 100000019 - (see NOTES) Date Added 12/08/2003 Supplementary Information Updated 08/03/2019 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Traquair NGR NT 33184 35287 Coordinates 333184, 635287 — 1880 for Hon. Henry Constable Maxwell Stuart (16th Laird). 2-span segmental-arched bridge of hybrid style (vernacular, classical and castellated) terminating in large cylindrical piers. Coursed whinstone with red sandstone dressings (including courses, copes, corbelled battlements, date stones and ball finials). N AND S ELEVATIONS: rusticated red sandstone abutments supporting pair of segmental arches with rusticated red sandstone voussoirs; central pier (of similar material) terminating in diamond cutwater, moulded date stone (1880) plaque inset to centre of whinstone spandrels; plain whinstone elevation with projecting red sandstone band course (with drainage pipes regularly placed above) with matching plain coping surmounting parapet of bridge. Terminating to W in pair of cylindrical coursed whinstone piers with semi-circular caps supporting large ashlar ball finials; terminating to E in pair of cylindrical coursed whinstone piers with corbel course supporting battlemented parapet (band course and parapet coping continuous around inner arches of terminating piers). Tarmac road surface with side gutters leading to drainage pipes. — A-Group with Traquair House, Exedra, Lodge on East Drive, Summerhouse, Tea room, Office, Craft Workshops, Walled Garden, Gardener's Cottage, Bear Gates and Avenuehead Cottages. This bridge was erected as part of estate improvements in the later 19th century. Traquair House was under the tenure of the Hon. Henry Constable Maxwell Stuart (16th Laird) during this time and although he spent

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.