Two Railway Viaducts and Linking Revetment is a Grade II listed building in the Rossendale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. Viaducts.

Two Railway Viaducts and Linking Revetment

WRENN ID
silent-groin-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rossendale
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1984
Type
Viaducts
Address
Two Railway Viaducts and Linking Revetment, Holcombe Road
OS grid reference
SD 778 216
Coordinates
53.69042, -2.33726
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two railway viaducts and a linking revetment were built in 1848 to carry the East Lancashire Railway over the River Ogden and alongside the east side of Higher Mill in Helmshore. Designed by engineer J.S. Perring, the structure is made of rock-faced stone. Each viaduct features seven segmental arches supported by battered piers, with dressed springing, a band, and parapet coping that continues along the revetment. The line is slightly curved and serves as a backdrop to Higher Mill at the southern end and to the houses on Holcombe Road at the northern end.

Local climate

Two Railway Viaducts and Linking Revetment sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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