Railway Viaduct Over River Font is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Railway viaduct.
Railway Viaduct Over River Font
- WRENN ID
- other-step-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1987
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Address
- Railway Viaduct Over River Font, Fontburn Reservoir, Nunnykirk
- OS grid reference
- NZ 051 937
- Coordinates
- 55.23783, -1.92044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Railway Viaduct over the River Font is a disused structure built in 1870 for the North British Railway. It is constructed from rock-faced stone and features eleven high round arches. The piers of the viaduct have a pronounced batter, and there is no parapet. The viaduct is also located in Nunnykirk Civil Parish.
Local climate
Railway Viaduct Over River Font receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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