Uppermill Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Viaduct. 2 related planning applications.
Uppermill Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- waiting-truss-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Uppermill Viaduct, 31, Saddleworth
- OS grid reference
- SD 995 063
- Coordinates
- 53.55344, -2.00782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Uppermill Viaduct, also known as Uppermill Arches and Saddleworth Viaduct, is a railway viaduct built in 1849 by A S Jee for the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway Company. Constructed of rock-faced stone, the viaduct features a total of 23 semi-circular arches, each with rusticated voussoirs. These arches are supported by rectangular piers that have projecting plinths and springing bands. Notably, three of the arches, numbered 9, 15, and 21 from the south, are skew and flanked by flat pilasters. Before its completion, the viaduct was already part of the London and North Western Railway.
Local climate
Uppermill Viaduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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