Railway Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Railway viaduct. 1 related planning application.

Railway Viaduct

WRENN ID
still-span-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Railway viaduct
Address
Railway Viaduct, Kirkstall Road, LS4 2AP
OS grid reference
SE 279 342
Coordinates
53.80364, -1.57764
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Railway Viaduct, built in 1849, is located on Kirkstall Road in Leeds. Designed by engineer Thomas Grainger for the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company, the structure is made of rock-faced ashlar and features 21 segmental arches supported by large rusticated piers with moulded imposts. It has a moulded cornice and parapet. At the south end, the viaduct spans the Leeds and Liverpool Canal with a low elliptical arch that is rusticated and includes round-headed niches on the abutments. The viaduct also crosses Viaduct Road, Kirkstall Road, and the River Aire.

Local climate

Railway Viaduct receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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