Holsworthy Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1989. Viaduct. 1 related planning application.

Holsworthy Viaduct

WRENN ID
white-bailey-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1989
Type
Viaduct
Address
Holsworthy Viaduct, EX22 6AX
OS grid reference
SS 345 036
Coordinates
50.80834, -4.35001
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holsworthy Viaduct is a railway viaduct that carries the Halwell to Holsworthy branch of the London and South Western Railway, built for the Devon and Cornwall Railway Company in 1879. It is constructed of masonry and features eight semicircular arches. The original parapet is said to have been destroyed and replaced by concrete coping. The viaduct is approximately 420 feet long and 80 feet high. This branch line opened on January 20, 1879, and closed on October 3, 1966.

Local climate

Holsworthy Viaduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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