Slaithwaite Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Viaduct. 1 related planning application.
Slaithwaite Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- slow-bronze-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Viaduct
- OS grid reference
- SE 077 140
- Coordinates
- 53.62298, -1.88474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Slaithwaite Viaduct is a railway viaduct built in two halves around 1845 and 1886, with the date "WS 1886" inscribed on the arch keystone. The structure is made of large coursed, slightly rock-faced stone, featuring both rusticated and ashlar dressings. An ashlar string course runs along the springing of the arches. The viaduct has 15 semicircular arches, each supporting two tracks, along with a smaller arch at the west end. The southern half contains stone vaults, while the northern half has brick vaults. The piers are slightly battered, with three piers at each end. A continuous parapet sits on the ashlar string course, topped with ashlar coping. The most westerly arch on the north side displays the date and inscription on its keystone: "WS 1886."
Local climate
Slaithwaite Viaduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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