Historic bridges · Scottish Lowlands
Ken Bridge
Ken Bridge — category A listed building-listed bridge in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–30 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Ken Bridge is a category A listed building-listed bridge in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB3316). 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
The Ken Bridge is a road bridge about 0.8 kilometres (0.5 mi) north east of New Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which carries the A712 road over the Water of Ken towards Balmaclellan. Designed by John Rennie shortly before his death, it has been designated a Category A listed building.
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Ken Bridge is a road bridge about 0.8 kilometres (0.5 mi) north east of New Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which carries the A712 road over the Water of Ken towards Balmaclellan. Designed by John Rennie shortly before his death, it has been designated a Category A listed building.
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Background
History
Built between 1821 and 1822 to a design by Rennie, it replaced an earlier bridge in the same location, also by Rennie, which was completed in 1811 but destroyed by flooding shortly afterwards. Rennie died on 4 October 1821, before the construction of the bridge was complete.
Description
The bridge is entirely made of granite ashlar, roughly finished for the most part, with polished granite surfaces on the inner faces of the parapet and on the soffits. It curves along its length, and has a total span of 110 m, with the widest central arch spanning approximately 30 m. Its piers are supported on the riverbed by round-nosed cutwaters, and the spandrels between the arches are decorated with pilasters. The bridge has been praised for its aesthetic qualities. Architectural historian John Gifford, writing in the Dumfries and Galloway volume of the Pevsner Architectural Guides series, described it as a "long elegant curve of granite ashlar", and John R. Hume, the former chief…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0810, -4.1312
- District
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Postcode
- DG7 3PR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Established
- 1820
Sources
- wikidata: Q17571361 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ken Bridge (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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New Galloway War Memorial
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Dalarran Holm
Windmills · 0.8 km
Kells Parish Church
Historic churches · 0.8 km
Knock Murdoch
Mountains & hills · 1.0 km
New Galloway
Villages · 1.0 km
Kil Hill
Mountains & hills · 1.2 km
Old Mortality Statue
Public art & sculpture · 1.3 km
Balmaclellan Crimean War Memorial
Memorials & monuments · 1.3 km
Balmaclellan Church
Historic churches · 1.4 km
Balmaclellan Motte
Archaeological sites · 1.5 km
Balmaclellan Motte
Archaeological sites · 1.5 km
Cairny Hill
Mountains & hills · 1.8 km
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📷 3Memorials & monuments · Scottish Lowlands
New Galloway War Memorial
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📷 5Windmills · Scottish Lowlands
Dalarran Holm
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Kells Parish Church
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📷 5Mountains & hills · Scottish Lowlands
Knock Murdoch
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Kil Hill
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ken Bridge?
- Ken Bridge is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode DG7 3PR).
- What is Ken Bridge?
- Ken Bridge — category A listed building-listed bridge in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Ken Bridge?
- Drivers can use postcode DG7 3PR.
- When was Ken Bridge built?
- Built or established in 1820.
- Who owns Ken Bridge?
- Ken Bridge is owned by | maint =.
- Is Ken Bridge a listed building?
- Ken Bridge is officially recognised as category A listed building listed.
- Is Ken Bridge free to visit?
- Yes, Ken Bridge is free to enter.
- How do I get to Ken Bridge?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DG7 3PR. It sits within the Dumfries and Galloway parliamentary constituency.