Crimple Valley Viaduct is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Viaduct. 1 related planning application.
Crimple Valley Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- standing-screen-mint
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1975
- Type
- Viaduct
- Address
- Crimple Valley Viaduct, Harrogate
- OS grid reference
- SE 317 531
- Coordinates
- 53.97307, -1.51686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crimple Valley Viaduct, built around 1848 by George Hudson, is a significant structure featuring 31 arches and standing 110 feet high over the Crimple Valley. The viaduct is constructed of rusticated grit stone ashlar, with arches that have round heads, voussoirs, and imposts. It is topped with a parapet that includes a dentil cornice below.
Local climate
Crimple Valley Viaduct receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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