Brent Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation local planning authority area, England. Viaduct.
Brent Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- carved-bailey-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation
- Constituency
- Brent West MP: Barry Gardiner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Brent Viaduct, North Circular Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 195 839
- Coordinates
- 51.54194, -0.27681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brent Viaduct, built in 1838 by Robert Stephenson, is a notable structure made of stock brick. The west face features a large central arch that spans North Circular Road, which was formerly over the River Brent. This arch is framed by brick pilasters topped with modillioned capitals, supporting a continuous parapet cornice. The viaduct includes smaller side arches and has been widened on the east side, although the east face is obscured by an adjoining bridge but maintains the same architectural treatment. This original and largely unaltered viaduct is part of the London and Birmingham Railway, which carries the main line from Euston, as described by J Bourne in 'London and Birmingham Railway' from 1838.
Local climate
Brent Viaduct sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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