Burnstones Railway Viaduct (Over the A689 and the Thinhope Burn) is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1980. Railway viaduct. 1 related planning application.
Burnstones Railway Viaduct (Over the A689 and the Thinhope Burn)
- WRENN ID
- hidden-rafter-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1980
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Address
- Burnstones Railway Viaduct (Over the A689 and the Thinhope Burn), Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh
- OS grid reference
- NY 675 543
- Coordinates
- 54.88267, -2.50764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burnstones Railway Viaduct, built in 1852, is a stone railway viaduct likely designed by Sir George Barclay-Bruce. It features elliptical and semicircular skew arches, with four arches spanning the river and one skewed arch for the road, along with a blind arch in between. The river arches are supported by rock-faced piers with triangular cutwaters, while the road arch is flanked by pilasters. The intrados of the arches is adorned with rusticated blocks, and the imposts are rock-faced. A projecting half-round cornice is located at the base of the parapet. This viaduct was constructed for the Alston Branch of the Newcastle-Carlisle railway.
Local climate
Burnstones Railway Viaduct (Over the A689 and the Thinhope Burn) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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- No EPC on record for this property
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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