Railway Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1984. A C19 Viaduct. 3 related planning applications.

Railway Viaduct

WRENN ID
empty-balcony-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1984
Type
Viaduct
Address
Railway Viaduct, Mill Lane, WF17 6ER
OS grid reference
SE 249 235
Coordinates
53.70812, -1.62311
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Railway Viaduct on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway line was opened in 1848. It is constructed from rock-faced stone with dressed stone vaults and features 16 arches supported by slender piers. The viaduct has a moulded impost band and a large moulded ashlar base at the parapet. There is a later adjoining viaduct on the east side, which is not included in this listing.

Local climate

Railway Viaduct receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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