Railway Viaduct, Ayr is a Grade C listed building in the local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 March 2000. Viaduct. 1 related planning application.

Railway Viaduct, Ayr

WRENN ID
rusted-landing-sorrel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 March 2000
Type
Viaduct
OS grid reference
NS 342 216
Coordinates
55.4605, -4.62345
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Railway Viaduct in Ayr was completed in 1856 and rebuilt around 1878. It features four spans and is constructed of squared sandstone. The design includes rusticated, rounded cutwaters and segmental arches with raised voussoirs. There are iron handrails on a bracketed pedestrian deck, panelled uprights, and decorative iron arching between the spans.

Local climate

Railway Viaduct, Ayr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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