Viaduct at Larpool is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1972. Viaduct.

Viaduct at Larpool

WRENN ID
swift-window-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1972
Type
Viaduct
Address
Viaduct at Larpool, Whitby
OS grid reference
NZ 896 096
Coordinates
54.47438, -0.61854
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Larpool Viaduct, built in 1811, is a 19th-century brick structure featuring round arches and notable height. It has tapering piers and crosses the River Esk with a total of 13 arches. The viaduct is also mentioned in Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula."

Local climate

Viaduct at Larpool receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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