Railway Overbridge 250 Metres South West of Birley Farm is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Railway overbridge.
Railway Overbridge 250 Metres South West of Birley Farm
- WRENN ID
- grey-bastion-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Derbyshire
- Constituency
- North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1989
- Type
- Railway overbridge
- OS grid reference
- SK 441 789
- Coordinates
- 53.30579, -1.33878
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway overbridge, located 250 metres south-west of Birley Farm, was built around 1840 for the North Midland Railway Company. It is constructed from regularly coursed coal measures sandstone with ashlar dressings and brick linings in the arches. The bridge features double segmental arches, with ashlar voussoirs and a projecting keyblock. There is a central pier that has a pointed and domed ashlar cutwater. The heads of the arches are adorned with bold roll moulding, and there are remains of a shallow parapet that has been modified to include modern parapet railings. Please note that Birley Farm is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Railway Overbridge 250 Metres South West of Birley Farm receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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