Preston Bridge

Heritage listing

Category A Date Added 09/06/1971 Supplementary Information Updated 16/08/1999 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Bunkle And Preston NGR NT 78720 56783 Coordinates 378720, 656783 — Dated 1770 with later repairs. 3-arched, humped-back bridge, in style of William Adam, spanning Whiteadder Water (largest arch at centre). Pointed red sandstone rubble to parapets; coursed and squared red sandstone rubble to spandrels; sandstone ashlar dressings. Segmental-arched openings with flush voussoirs; raised outer bands with central keystones (that to S, to outer left dated '1770'); coursed rubble soffits and abutments. Empty circular niches centred in spandrels to N; carved floral detail in niches to S. Mutuled string courses beneath coped parapets; weathered, square-plan panels aligned above keystones. Coursed sandstone cutwaters with stepped bases flanking central opening. Buttressed wing walls at either end; further rubble-coped, rubble walls to E; circular-plan terminating piers to W. — One of the most prominent landmarks in the parish, this "...handsome stone bridge" (OS Name Book) spans the boundary between Bunkle & Preston and the adjoining parish of Duns. Dated 1770, much of the original detailing remains intact - the spandrel niches, mutuled string courses and keystoned arches being particularly notable. See separate list entry for the similarly detailed Todheugh Bridge.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.