Railway viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Viaduct.
Railway viaduct
- WRENN ID
- unlit-roof-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Railway viaduct, Redruth
- OS grid reference
- SW 698 418
- Coordinates
- 50.23161, -5.22862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway viaduct in Redruth was built in 1888 by PJ Margary for the Great Western Railway Company. It is constructed from rock-faced granite blocks arranged in snecked coursing. The viaduct runs east-west and has a slight curve to the north. It features tall battered piers that support eight segmental-headed arches, which have rusticated voussoirs, along with a band and parapet. The north side of the viaduct is stepped, becoming wider towards the east from the third arch. This structure creates a striking visual impact in relation to the buildings it crosses on Falmouth Road.
Historically, this masonry viaduct replaced the original timber viaduct designed by Brunel in 1852 for the West Cornwall Railway. Made from granite sourced from Carn Marth, Carn Brea, and Dartmoor, the viaduct's eight arches rise to a height of 24 metres.
Local climate
Railway viaduct receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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