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| '''Architect''' || William Burn | | '''Architect''' || William Burn | ||
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| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 24193 | | '''OS grid ref''' || NO 24193 07437 | ||
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′12″N 3°13′30″W | | '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′12″N 3°13′30″W | ||
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| '''Reference:''' LB8765 | | '''Reference:''' LB8765 | ||
| '''Date:''' | | '''Date:''' 01/02/1972 | ||
| '''Category:''' B | | '''Category:''' B | ||
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Revision as of 05:36, 3 April 2021
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| Name | Gilderland Bridge |
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| Date | c.1874 |
| Architect | William Burn |
| OS grid ref | NO 24193 07437 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′12″N 3°13′30″W |
The Gilderland Bridge crosses the Maspie Burn, and also a footpath near the House of Falkland. Gilderland is another name for Guelders, and presumably commemorates Queen Mary of Guelders, wife of King James II of Scotland.
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| Reference: LB8765 | Date: 01/02/1972 | Category: B |
| Address/Site Name
House of Falkland Estate, Gilderland Bridge over Maspie Burn | ||
| Description
William Burn, circa 1844. Tall, round-arched bridge with smaller round-arched pedestrian arch to E on slightly curved plan. Squared and snecked rubble with rusticated voussiors; corniced stone ashlar parapet with continuous arcaded balustrade; square-plan, coped terminal piers. | ||
| Statement of special interest
This tall road bridge, built by William Burn, is an important part of the designed landscape surrounding the House of Falkland. The bridge includes a particularly good parapet, which is composed of a continuous arcade of arches set on a curved plan. [...] | ||