Railway Viaduct and Drinking Fountain Attached is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1970. Viaduct, fountain.
Railway Viaduct and Drinking Fountain Attached
- WRENN ID
- nether-moulding-vermeil
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1970
- Type
- Viaduct, fountain
- Address
- Railway Viaduct and Drinking Fountain Attached, North Road, City of Durham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 268 425
- Coordinates
- 54.77734, -1.58486
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway viaduct and drinking fountain attached to it were built in 1857, likely designed by T.E. Harrison for the North Eastern Railway Company. The viaduct is constructed from rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings and features brick soffits. It stands 100 feet high and has 11 arches, supported by tapered piers with coped plinths. The arches are round, and there is a continuous drip string along the structure. The parapet has been altered, except over the end piers where it remains flat-coped.
The Gothic-style fountain is located on the south face of the pier to the west of North Road. It has a shouldered surround that encloses a small two-centred arch at the base. Above this, shafts support a gabled canopy adorned with nail-head moulding, which contains a scroll with an illegible inscription and date. The stepped gabled surround features blind trefoils beneath each step and is topped with crocketed coping.
Local climate
Railway Viaduct and Drinking Fountain Attached receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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