Railway Viaduct for the Former Wareham to Swanage Railway is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Railway viaduct.
Railway Viaduct for the Former Wareham to Swanage Railway
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-paling-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1986
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Address
- Railway Viaduct for the Former Wareham to Swanage Railway, Studland Road, Corfe Castle
- OS grid reference
- SY 960 824
- Coordinates
- 50.64162, -2.05751
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway viaduct for the former Wareham to Swanage Railway, dated 1885, is a notable structure located on Corfe Castle Studland Road. It is built from rock-faced squared rubble and features four round arches supported by square piers. Each pier has shallow buttresses that extend upwards to just below the level of the parapet. The parapet is topped with simple shaped ashlar coping. A cartouche displaying the date in an 18th-century style is affixed to the central pier. This viaduct is included for its local historic interest and landscape value.
Local climate
Railway Viaduct for the Former Wareham to Swanage Railway 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 greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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