Sherbourne Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 2015. Viaduct.
Sherbourne Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- burning-gargoyle-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 2015
- Type
- Viaduct
- OS grid reference
- SP 347 777
- Coordinates
- 52.39693, -1.49103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sherbourne Viaduct is a railway viaduct designed by Robert Stephenson, built in 1838 for the London and Birmingham Railway.
The viaduct is made of brick with stone dressings on the arches, stringcourses, and cornice. It is oriented roughly east to west and carries the main railway line over the River Sherbourne. The structure features a large central arch flanked by three smaller arches on each side. The arches are constructed with large ashlar voussoirs that have pointed ends. Within the piers that support the side arches, there are smaller pointed arches with blind panels.
Giant pilasters flank the central arch, with stone springing points for the central arch that extend across the base of the pilasters. The upper levels are adorned with dentilled cornices made of ashlar, along with a brick blocking course above and stone cappings on top. The cornice runs along the entire length of the viaduct but lacks the dentils at the ends, where additional pilasters are located.
Local climate
Sherbourne Viaduct receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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