Monsal Dale Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1970. Viaduct. 1 related planning application.
Monsal Dale Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- old-forge-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1970
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Monsal Dale Viaduct, Upperdale, Little Longstone, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 182 715
- Coordinates
- 53.24092, -1.72803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Monsal Dale Viaduct is a viaduct built between 1862 and 1863 to carry the Peak railway line. It is constructed of rubble limestone with blue brick dressings, and has undergone repairs using gritstone and red brick. The structure measures 300 feet long and stands 70 feet high, spanning the river Wye. It features five round arches with Staffordshire blue brick voussoirs and has brick parapets. The viaduct was criticized by John Ruskin for its impact on the natural beauty of the Wye valley.
Local climate
Monsal Dale Viaduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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