Leith Hall, East Drive, Railway Bridge
Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Leith Hall, East Drive, Railway Bridge
Classification Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Leithhall, East Drive, Bridge Over Railway; Leith Hall Policies
Canmore ID 107672
Site Number NJ52NW 4.05
NGR NJ 54353 29381
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107672
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kennethmont
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Railway bridge, Leith Hall east drive, 1852-4, Alexander Gibb. Distinguished by battered, rusticated buttresses and balustraded parapets; detailing possibly by William Smith who was Gibb's brother-in-law.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ52NW 4.05 54353 29381
This bridge was built in 1852-4 to carry the East Drive to Leith Hall over the (Aberdeen-Inverness) main line of the Great North of Scotland Rly; Sir Bejamin Hale, Blyth, was the consultant but detail work was by Gibb. The bridge comprises a single semi-elliptical skew arch with raised V-jointed voussoirs, battered buttresses with pulvinated rustication, a parapet over the arch balustrade and square balusters.
NMRS, MS/712/11.
