Stockport Railway Viaduct is a Grade II* listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1975. Railway viaduct. 2 related planning applications.

Stockport Railway Viaduct

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1975
Type
Railway viaduct
Source
Historic England listing

Description

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SJ 8990 SW 3/32

VIADUCT STREET Stockport Railway Viaduct

(Formerly listed as Railway Viaduct, Stockport)

II*

Railway viaduct opened 1840 by GW Buck for Manchester and Birmingham Railway in brick and stone. 28 arches of total length over 540m (three spans at either end of 18ft, 22 spans between of 63ft), and nearly 34m high above the river. Said to contain 11 million bricks, viaduct in brick with stone capping and dentil cornice. Stone moulded impost bands and rusticated faces to piers. Took 21 months to build, at a cost of £72,700. Widened to the west 1888 to 1889.

Listing NGR: SJ8910590246

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