Viaduct 450 Metres South of Muskham Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1971. Viaduct.
Viaduct 450 Metres South of Muskham Bridge
- WRENN ID
- graven-hearth-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1971
- Type
- Viaduct
- OS grid reference
- SK 789 557
- Coordinates
- 53.09343, -0.82314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The viaduct, located 450 metres south of Muskham Bridge, was built in 1770 and designed by John Smeaton. It was widened in 1922. The structure is made of red brick and features nine round arches with buttresses positioned between them. It has pluc brick parapets that are topped with ashlar coping, which includes scrolled and ramped ends along with round brick piers. This viaduct is part of Smeaton's Causeway, which was constructed as part of the improvements to the Great North Road.
Local climate
Viaduct 450 Metres South of Muskham Bridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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