Railway Viaduct Over the River Blyth is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1988. Infrastructure.
Railway Viaduct Over the River Blyth
- WRENN ID
- first-facade-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1988
- Type
- Infrastructure
- Address
- Railway Viaduct Over the River Blyth, Plessey Woods, Cramlington
- OS grid reference
- NZ 226 790
- Coordinates
- 55.10513, -1.64708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway viaduct over the River Blyth is a Grade II listed structure located on the east coast main line, built in the second half of the 19th century. It features rock-faced stone with rock-faced-and-margined voussoirs and ashlar dressings. The viaduct consists of five segmental arches supported by moulded imposts, with three river piers that have rounded cutwaters. A moulded cornice extends forward above paired end pilasters, and there is no parapet. Part of the structure is situated in Stannington Parish, Castle Morpeth District.
Local climate
Railway Viaduct Over the River Blyth receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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