Wharfedale Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1988. Viaduct.
Wharfedale Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- tired-lintel-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North West MP: Katie White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1988
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Wharfedale Viaduct, Warren Lane, Arthington
- OS grid reference
- SE 262 455
- Coordinates
- 53.90506, -1.60192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wharfedale Viaduct is a railway viaduct that carries the Leeds to Thirsk Railway over the River Wharfe. It was constructed between 1845 and 1849, designed by engineer Thomas Grainger. The structure is made of punched sandstone blocks and features twenty semicircular arches supported by very high rectangular piers. The piers have rounded-nose cutwaters and roll-moulded bands at the springing of the arches. The arches are adorned with rusticated stepped voussoirs, and there are large roll-moulded string courses and coped parapets on either side. Additionally, there are five circular tie plates on the first arch and seven on the fourth arch. The viaduct is also known as Castley Viaduct. It is important to note that only the six southernmost arches are located in this parish; the remaining arches are in Castley civil parish, North Yorkshire, where the structure is also listed.
Local climate
Wharfedale Viaduct receives an average of 860 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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