Railway Arch South West of Black Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Railway arch.

Railway Arch South West of Black Gate

WRENN ID
old-jade-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Railway arch
Address
Railway Arch South West of Black Gate, St Nicholas' Street
OS grid reference
NZ 250 638
Coordinates
54.96889, -1.61093
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railway arch located south-west of Black Gate in Newcastle upon Tyne was built in 1848 by Abbot and Co. of Gateshead, as indicated by a plaque on the south arch. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and cast iron. The structure features a rock-faced plinth at the piers, with coped buttresses that support six segmental cast iron girder arches, which have cross-section lattice infill. Additionally, there is a second arch from around 1890 on the north side, designed in a similar style.

Local climate

Railway Arch South West of Black Gate receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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