Historic bridges · Scottish Lowlands

Drybridge Over Wallace's Loaning, Castledykes View, Glencaple Road, Dumfries

Free admission

Drybridge Over Wallace's Loaning, Castledykes View, Glencaple Road, Dumfries — category B listed building-listed bridge in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 15 min–30 min
Nearest railway station: Dumfries · 1.6 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Drybridge Over Wallace's Loaning, you can get to the nearest railway station, Dumfries, which is 1.6 km away. Entry is free. The postcode for navigation is DG1 4AS.

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Drybridge Over Wallace's Loaning, Castledykes View, Glencaple Road, Dumfries is a category B listed building-listed bridge in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB26212). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 06/03/1981 Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Planning Authority Dumfries And Galloway Burgh Dumfries NGR NX 97734 74887 Coordinates 297734, 574887 — Circa 1800. Single storey and attic 3-bay cottage with basement to rear (W); small drybridge to N over Wallace's Loaning probably near contemporary. Cottage: whitewashed rubble with contrasting painted ashlar margins. Central recessed panelled door to E, with fanlight; small-paned sash windows throughout. Straight skews; end stacks; roofed with graded slates. 2 dormers to W. and 3 barred basement windows. Modern addition to N gable. Enclosed by rubble-built garden walls; 2 rusticated ashlar square gatepiers at NE. Bridge: short span single segmental arch (brick arch with rubble abutments) over cobbled loaning; low ashlar coping with plain, slender iron railings. — Formerly Castledykes Cottage. Wallace's Loaning also known as Perochan's Loaning.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

Place summary

Drybridge Over Wallace's Loaning is a bridge located on Glencaple Road in Dumfries, within the Scottish Lowlands. It is designated as a category B listed building, reflecting its historical significance and architectural merit.

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Coordinates: 55.0580, -3.6026
District: Dumfries and Galloway
Postcode: DG1 4AS
Parliamentary constituency: Dumfries and Galloway
Nearest railway station: Dumfries — 1.6 km

Sources

wikidata: Q17794324 (CC0)

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