Manchester and Leeds Railway Gauxholme Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Railway viaduct. 1 related planning application.
Manchester and Leeds Railway Gauxholme Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- lesser-landing-sorrel
- 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
- Manchester and Leeds Railway Gauxholme Viaduct, Todmorden
- OS grid reference
- SD 929 229
- Coordinates
- 53.70324, -2.10766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gauxholme Viaduct is a railway viaduct built in 1840 by George Stephenson. It is constructed of rough dressed stone with ashlar dressing. The structure features 17 segmental arches, each with rusticated voussoirs that align with the stone courses. A moulded impost is supported by tapered piers, which have weathered plinths, all showcasing rusticated stonework on their outer faces. Above the arches, there is a deeply roll moulded band topped with a parapet. The outer wall of the archway over Bacup Road includes a projecting splayed buttress and a curving ramped wall leading to the embankment.
Local climate
Manchester and Leeds Railway Gauxholme 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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