Accommodation Arch and Railway Viaduct Between High Level Bridge, Castle Garth and Central Station is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. Arch and viaduct.

Accommodation Arch and Railway Viaduct Between High Level Bridge, Castle Garth and Central Station

WRENN ID
shifting-joist-pearl
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
14 June 1954
Type
Arch and viaduct
Address
Accommodation Arch and Railway Viaduct Between High Level Bridge, Castle Garth and Central Station, Queens Lane
OS grid reference
NZ 249 638
Coordinates
54.96865, -1.61153
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The accommodation arch and railway viaduct between High Level Bridge, Castle Garth, and Central Station in Newcastle upon Tyne were built around 1890. Designed by engineer Thomas Harrison for the Newcastle, York and Berwick Railway, and later by William Bell for the North-Eastern Railway, this structure features sandstone ashlar and brick. The design is Y-shaped, with an ashlar skew arch over Queen's Lane and brick-lined viaduct arches on either side. The arches are flanked by wide pilasters, and there is a cornice at rail-bed level along with an impost string between the arches. The flat-coped parapet on the north side, which runs parallel to Westgate Road, has been partly removed. Some of the arches have been bricked up and fitted with doors.

Local climate

Accommodation Arch and Railway Viaduct Between High Level Bridge, Castle Garth and Central Station 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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