A low limewashed cottage row beside Cadder’s canal bridge preserves the small domestic scale of the older settlement.
Quick facts
- Date
- Probably eighteenth or nineteenth century; exact date unrecorded
- Architect / designer
- Vernacular builders unknown
- Type
- Single-storey canal-side cottage row
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB22278)
- OS grid reference
- NS 61666 72194
Architecture and continuing use
The national description is concise: a picturesque single-storey row, limewashed and set on the south side of the canal bridge. Its value lies in continuous modest form, direct relationship to the crossing and contrast with larger church and estate buildings nearby.
Its story
The designation does not supply a precise date or documented builder. The cottages belong to the historic Cadder group and gained statutory protection in 1971, preserving a domestic component of a landscape shaped by parish, estate and canal.
Why it is included
Category B listing recognises the strong group value of an unusually intact cottage row at a historic canal crossing.
What to notice
- The long low roofline beside the bridge.
- Limewashed walling contrasted with canal masonry.
- The close spacing of cottages, road and waterway.
Reading the surroundings
These are private homes. View from lawful public space or the authorised towpath, keep clear of doors and gardens, and take particular care near traffic and canal edges.
Timeline
- 1768–90 Construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal transformed the Cadder crossing.
- By 1971 The cottage row survived as a coherent part of the bridge setting.
- 1971 National listing protected the group.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The national record gives no construction date, individual house history or verified interior information.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Cadder Bridge Cottages, LB22278 — Current designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB22278 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
Location
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