Lydgate Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Railway viaduct. 2 related planning applications.

Lydgate Viaduct

WRENN ID
watchful-window-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1984
Type
Railway viaduct
Address
Lydgate Viaduct, Burnley Road, Todmorden
OS grid reference
SD 920 256
Coordinates
53.72763, -2.12231
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lydgate Viaduct is a railway viaduct built in the mid 19th century. It is constructed of pitched faced stone with dressed stone voussirs. The structure features 13 semi-circular arches supported by tall slender piers, with the broadest piers located on either side of Picker Street. A band runs over the arches, topped by a parapet with cappings. Splayed buttresses project forward, and there is a deep curve to the embankment. The viaduct is located near Robinwood Mill, creating an impressive group with that structure.

Local climate

Lydgate Viaduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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