Welland Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Viaduct.
Welland Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- narrow-shingle-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Welland Viaduct, Seaton, Rutland
- OS grid reference
- SP 913 977
- Coordinates
- 52.57014, -0.65353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Welland Viaduct is a railway viaduct built between 1876 and 1878 for the Kettering to Manton branch of the Midland Railway Company. It is constructed from blue Staffordshire brick, with some sections repaired in red brick, and features a red brick parapet. The viaduct boasts an impressive row of 82 tall semi-circular arches set on piers, which are accented at varying intervals by plain pilasters. The inner faces of the piers each have two recessed panels. The parapet, which has stone coping, rests on a corbelled stone string. Every three arches, there is a projecting parapet pier on a corbelled panel. Piers 60 to 82 are located in Seaton parish, while the remaining piers are in Harringworth parish, Northamptonshire. The viaduct serves as a striking landmark that spans the Welland valley.
Local climate
Welland Viaduct sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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