Railway Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. Viaduct.
Railway Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- worn-moat-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Railway Viaduct, Northgate
- OS grid reference
- NZ 290 156
- Coordinates
- 54.53531, -1.55275
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Railway Viaduct in Darlington was built in 1856 for the Stockton and Darlington Railway and underwent alterations before 1935. It features solid iron side parapets that flank the track, supported by pairs of rusticated ashlar piers with cornices and low rounded caps. These piers connect to side walls that have wide flat copings running north and south on either side of the street. The coursed stone abutments are now heavily banked up with earth. Originally, the railway crossed the road via a level crossing, but plans for a bridge began in the 1840s, culminating in the construction of the bridge in 1856. An early photograph shows a plaque with the date MDCCCLVI on the side. The viaduct is listed partly due to its historical association with the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Local climate
Railway Viaduct receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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