Accommodation Arch in Railway Embankment North of Low Lambton Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. Accommodation arch. 1 related planning application.

Accommodation Arch in Railway Embankment North of Low Lambton Farm

WRENN ID
silver-bronze-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South MP: Bridget Phillipson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1985
Type
Accommodation arch
Address
Accommodation Arch in Railway Embankment North of Low Lambton Farm, Cox Green Road
OS grid reference
NZ 321 543
Coordinates
54.88325, -1.49979
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The accommodation arch is located in the railway embankment north of Low Lambton Farm and was built for the Victoria Railway Bridge between 1835 and 1838, with a widening occurring around 1850. It is constructed of ashlar and brick. The south embankment features ashlar retaining walls that flank a skew arch made of ashlar on the western side and a brick arch on the eastern side. The western arch has a bracketed keystone on a band, while the eastern arch is plain. Historically, these arches allowed the Lumley waggonway to pass through the embankment to Low Lambton Staiths, and the widening likely facilitated a gentler curve to the bridge.

Local climate

Accommodation Arch in Railway Embankment North of Low Lambton Farm receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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