Thornton Railway Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1982. Viaduct.
Thornton Railway Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- grim-newel-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1982
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Thornton Railway Viaduct, Alderscholes Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 096 325
- Coordinates
- 53.78874, -1.85574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thornton Railway Viaduct, built around 1876-78, is a striking structure made of sandstone "brick." It features 20 semi-circular arches that rest on slender, tapering piers, which support the former single track line. The viaduct has very thin ashlar strings that cap the piers at the spring of the arches and a flat band located below the parapet. The contractors for the line were Benton and Woodiwise. This viaduct significantly enhances the landscape of the valley below Thornton.
Local climate
Thornton Railway Viaduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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