Railway Viaduct Over Newbiggin Dene Circa 300 Yards North East of West Newbiggin is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1988. Viaduct.
Railway Viaduct Over Newbiggin Dene Circa 300 Yards North East of West Newbiggin
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1988
- Type
- Viaduct
- OS grid reference
- NT 898 459
- Coordinates
- 55.70726, -2.16239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a disused railway viaduct built around 1849 for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, located approximately 300 yards northeast of West Newbiggin. The structure is made of rock-faced stone with brick soffits to the arches. It features six tall, broad segmental arches supported by battered piers that have cornice bands. The viaduct has a low parapet with plain railings and low end piers topped with shallow pyramidal caps.
Local climate
Railway Viaduct Over Newbiggin Dene Circa 300 Yards North East of West Newbiggin receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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