British Rail East Coast Main Line Viaduct Over River Aln is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Railway viaduct.
British Rail East Coast Main Line Viaduct Over River Aln
- WRENN ID
- fallen-minaret-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Address
- British Rail East Coast Main Line Viaduct Over River Aln, Lesbury
- OS grid reference
- NU 228 121
- Coordinates
- 55.40233, -1.63995
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The British Rail East Coast Main Line Viaduct over the River Aln is a railway viaduct built between 1848 and 1849 by Robert Stephenson for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. It is constructed from rock-faced stone featuring rock-faced-and-margined voussoirs, ashlar dressings, and brick soffits. The viaduct consists of 18 segmental arches, with all piers having chamfered plinths and stepped imposts. Two rivet piers are designed with bowed cutwaters that have stepped domed tops. The structure also includes broad end pilasters and a moulded top cornice.
Local climate
British Rail East Coast Main Line Viaduct Over River Aln receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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