Railway Viaduct Over the Shropshire Union Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Railway viaduct.

Railway Viaduct Over the Shropshire Union Canal

WRENN ID
worn-span-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1984
Type
Railway viaduct
Address
Railway Viaduct Over the Shropshire Union Canal, Mollington
OS grid reference
SJ 394 705
Coordinates
53.22843, -2.90913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railway viaduct over the Shropshire Union Canal, built in 1839 by George Stephenson and John Dixon for the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company, is a notable structure made of rock-faced red sandstone with blue and orange brick vaulting. The main arch over the canal is constructed on a skew and features rusticated voussoirs along with dated keystones and a skew brick vault. On either side of the main arch, there is an arcade consisting of five smaller semi-circular brick arches, which are supported by stone imposts and keystones on raking stone piers. A projecting band at track level supports a low stone parapet that is topped with modern aluminium railing.

Local climate

Railway Viaduct Over the Shropshire Union Canal receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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