Bolehall Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Tamworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1972. A Victorian Railway viaduct. 1 related planning application.

Bolehall Viaduct

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tamworth
Constituency
Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 November 1972
Type
Railway viaduct
Period
Victorian
Address
Bolehall Viaduct, Glascote Road
OS grid reference
SK 213 037
Coordinates
52.63116, -1.68646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bolehall Viaduct is a railway viaduct built between 1837 and 1839, designed by engineers R. Stephenson and G. Bidder for the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway. The structure is made of rusticated ashlar and features 19 arches. Arches 6 and 7 span the River Anker, arch 10 spans Amington Road, and arch 19 is lower and wider, spanning Glascote Road. The viaduct has rusticated segmental arches, with piers that have rock-faced jambs and round cutwaters at the river. It is topped with a bold modillioned cornice and parapet, and the abutments are swept forward. Additionally, two arches have low stone walls flanking the entrance gates. This viaduct is an important landmark at the southeast end of Tamworth.

Local climate

Bolehall Viaduct receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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