Railway Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Viaduct.

Railway Viaduct

WRENN ID
tired-entrance-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1986
Type
Viaduct
Address
Railway Viaduct, Weaver Navigation, Davenham
OS grid reference
SJ 642 706
Coordinates
53.23158, -2.53718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Railway Viaduct, built in 1837 by J Locke for the Grand Junction Railway, is a notable structure made of red sandstone, ashlar, and rusticated ashlar. On the downriver side, it features five round arches supported by battered rectangular piers with rock-faced rustication. There are ashlar bands at the level of the springing that support ashlar pilasters on the outer face. The voussoirs, which extend through the spandrels, are also rock-faced rustication, and each arch has an ashlar keystone. Above, there is an ashlar dentil cornice with an ashlar parapet behind. The upriver side is similar in design.

Local climate

Railway Viaduct receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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