Cannington Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Viaduct.
Cannington Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- keen-entrance-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1984
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Cannington Viaduct, Cannington Lane, Uplyme
- OS grid reference
- SY 316 924
- Coordinates
- 50.72727, -2.96931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cannington Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct built around 1900. It is constructed of massed concrete and features ten elliptical arches supported by tall, slightly battered rectangular piers that have projecting blocks at the impost level. The viaduct has a concrete parapet with recessed panels and breaks over the piers. Notably, the westernmost arch has exposed brick, while the third arch from the west end has been reinforced with brick infilling that is also arched; this reinforcement is believed to have been done at the time of construction. The Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway, for which the viaduct was built, was authorized in 1899, constructed from 1900, and opened in 1903.
Local climate
Cannington Viaduct receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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