Ladhope Bridge Galashiels, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Ladhope Bridge has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 399234 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 50700
- Category
- C
- Name
- Ladhope Bridge
- Parish
- Galashiels
- County
- Scottish Borders
- Easting
- 349028
- Northing
- 636501
- Date Listed
- 14 November 2006
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Cunningham, Blyth and Westland, engineers, Robert McAlpine, Contractors, 1889. Bridge over the Gala Water at Bridge Place. Single-span with blocked secondary span to NE end. Squared buff sandstone with rusticated ashlar dressings and brick soffits. Deck slopes upwards towards the NE end with corresponding stepped stugged sandstone parapet with ashlar coping. Buttresses at either end with dies above bearing decorative cast iron lamp standards at SW and N. Recessed granite commemorative plaque to inside of SE parapet. Splayed approaches to SW and NE.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Ladhope Bridge, a good example of late 19th century engineering in stone, with a single span of 15 metres, was a notable 19th century addition to Galashiels at the height of its expansion. This bridge, which replaced the earlier, narrower 'Stane Brig, ' allowed heavier traffic into the town centre and easier access from the NW Galashiels mills to and from the railway station. Ladhope Bridge came as part of a massive scheme of improvements to the town as the result of the 1876 Galashiels Municipal Extension etc. Act.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
1st edition Ordnance Survey map (c1856), 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map (c1896). Galashiels, A Modern History (1983), p20. Charles Strang, Borders and Berwick (1991), p199. K Cruft et al., Buildings of Scotland, Borders (2006), p309.
