Ledbury Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1986. Viaduct.

Ledbury Viaduct

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1986
Type
Viaduct
OS grid reference
SO 701 387
Coordinates
52.0466, -2.43649
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ledbury Viaduct is a brick viaduct built between 1859 and 1861, likely designed by Stephen Ballard, with construction carried out by Ballard and Thomas Brassey. The bricks used for the viaduct were made on-site from clay excavated for the foundations. It was built for the Worcester and Hereford Railway Company, which later became part of the Great Western Railway. The structure features 30 round-headed arches supported by slender piers, with continuous hood-moulds of dark brick above. A projecting cornice and a plain parapet are topped with 20th-century railings and interrupted by 20th-century refuges.

Local climate

Ledbury Viaduct receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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