Railway Viaduct Across River South Tyne is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Viaduct.
Railway Viaduct Across River South Tyne
- WRENN ID
- night-tallow-rowan
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Railway Viaduct Across River South Tyne, Coanwood
- OS grid reference
- NY 674 583
- Coordinates
- 54.91891, -2.50869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway viaduct across the River South Tyne was built in 1852, likely designed by Sir George Barclay-Bruce. Constructed from stone with some minor brick repairs, it features three arches on the north-east to south-west span, including a lower and narrower arch flanked by broad pilasters, and nine large arches overall. The structure has rock-faced piers, three of which are in the river and have triangular cutwaters. It includes heavy imposts and semicircular arches with chamfered arch rings. A row of block corbels runs immediately below the parapet, which has sloped coping and ends in low pyramidal caps. The viaduct reaches a height of over 33 meters above the river and is a significant landmark in the landscape, serving the Alston Branch of the Newcastle Carlisle Railway.
Local climate
Railway Viaduct Across River South Tyne 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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