Colonnaded Railway Viaduct at Former Liverpool Road Goods Depot is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Viaduct. 4 related planning applications.

Colonnaded Railway Viaduct at Former Liverpool Road Goods Depot

WRENN ID
winter-zinc-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Viaduct
OS grid reference
SJ 830 979
Coordinates
53.47763, -2.25741
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The colonnaded railway viaduct at the former Liverpool Road Goods Depot in Manchester dates from around 1870. It is constructed of cast iron and features a series of cast-iron columns that rest on stone bases. The viaduct is supported by cast-iron beams that are visible at the sides.

Local climate

Colonnaded Railway Viaduct at Former Liverpool Road Goods Depot sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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