Congleton Viaduct

Congleton Viaduct is a railway viaduct built in 1849 by the engineer J C Forsyth for the North Staffordshire Railway, with John Mellor of Rainow as the stonemason. The structure is made of English bond red and blue engineering bricks with stone dressings. It features twenty round arches supported by rectangular piers that have slightly projecting plinths. Some piers have stone supports for centering on their inner faces. The third and thirteenth piers are later additions and have stone facings with pitted rustication on their outer faces. Above these piers, there is a brick bond supporting an ashlar string course and an ashlar parapet. The larger part of the viaduct is located in Congleton Municipal Borough. The viaduct was previously listed twice under a different entry in the parish of North Rode.