South Viaduct is a Grade II* listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1985. Viaduct.
South Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- fallen-banister-crimson
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1985
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- South Viaduct, Taddington, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 139 732
- Coordinates
- 53.25577, -1.79233
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South Viaduct is a significant structure built between 1862 and 1863 by the Midland Railway for the main London to Manchester line. It is constructed of rock-faced limestone with gritstone dressings on the piers and abutments. The viaduct features a wrought iron superstructure that includes segmental arches and spandrel construction.
To the west, there are three round-arched masonry spans, while to the east, there are three wrought iron spans, standing approximately eighty feet above the ground. Each arch is made up of five parallel ribs, with lattice work strutting filling the spandrels between the arch members and the deck above. The deck is bordered by iron railings with a lattice work pattern. The viaduct crosses the dale at an angle, resulting in staggered ribs for each arch, and the masonry piers are designed in an irregular hexagon shape.
Local climate
South Viaduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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