Railway Viaduct East Of The Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. Viaduct.

Railway Viaduct East Of The Hermitage

WRENN ID: north-corner-tarn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: County Durham
Country: England
Date first listed: 23 February 1987
Type: Viaduct
Source: Historic England listing

Description

CHESTER-LE-STREET A 167 (T) NZ 24 NE 271497 (West side, off) 7/26 Railway Viaduct east of The Hermitage II

Railway viaduct carrying 2 tracks over Southburn Dene. 1868 for the North- Eastern Railway Company. Light-red engineering brick in English bond; stone plinths and parapet band.

Tall, c.200-metre long viaduct. 8 elliptical arches, in 7 rows of header bond, on thin slightly-battered piers with tall rock-faced plinths; arches partly refaced on west. Moulded band at track level. Low parapet with paired end piers.

Late C20 railings and cantilevered refuges are not of special interest. An important landscape feature.

Listing NGR: NZ2713749799

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