Ouseburn Viaduct with Accommodation Arch is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1965. Railway viaduct. 2 related planning applications.
Ouseburn Viaduct with Accommodation Arch
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend MP: Mary Glindon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1965
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Address
- Ouseburn Viaduct with Accommodation Arch, Stepney Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 261 647
- Coordinates
- 54.97642, -1.59306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ouseburn Viaduct with accommodation arch is a railway viaduct built between 1837 and 1839 by John and Benjamin Green for the Newcastle and North Shields Railway Company. It was altered and its width doubled in 1869 for the North-Eastern Railway Company. The structure is made of sandstone ashlar with iron arches and superstructure, which were added in 1869 when the original laminated timber arches were removed. It features T-section iron lattices between the arches and railway bed girders, which are also supported by masonry. The viaduct has sloped copings on its buttressed piers and abutments, and an ashlar skew arch spans over Stepney Road. Historically, it is notable for being one of the earliest bridges in Britain constructed using the Wiebeking system of laminated wood, and the current ironwork closely resembles the original timber design.
Local climate
Ouseburn Viaduct with Accommodation Arch 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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