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
- night-render-gilt
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1965
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 26 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE STEPNEY ROAD 12/534 Ouseburn viaduct with 12.11.65 accommodation arch GV II* Railway viaduct. 1837-9 by John and Benjamin Green for Newcastle and North Shields Railway Company; altered and width doubled 1869 for North-Eastern Railway Company. Sandstone ashlar with iron arches and superstructure (added in 1869 when original laminated timber arches were removed). T-section iron lattices between arches and railway bed girders, which are also supported by masonry. Sloped copings to buttressed piers and abutments. Ashlar skew arch over Stepney Road. Historical note: one of the earliest bridges constructed in Britain using the Wiebeking system of laminated wood; the present iron work closely resembles the timber original.
Listing NGR: NZ2614664720
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