Riddings Junction Viaduct is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1996. Viaduct.
Riddings Junction Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- former-terrace-auburn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1996
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Riddings Junction Viaduct, Kirkandrews
- OS grid reference
- NY 410 755
- Coordinates
- 55.07122, -2.92436
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Riddings Junction Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct built in 1864 for the North British Railway, with minor alterations made in the late 20th century. The structure is made of rock-faced red sandstone and features nine sharply-skewed arches with channelled ashlar voussoirs, where the channelling runs diagonally across the arch soffits. These arches are supported by tapered rectangular piers. The viaduct has 20th-century brick parapets with concrete copings and a handrail. It is curved and originally carried a single line track over Liddell Water, which marks the border between England and Scotland. The Scottish section of the viaduct is located in the parish of Canonbie, within the district of Annandale and Eskdale.
Local climate
Riddings Junction Viaduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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