Railway Viaduct, Balmossie, Dundee is a Grade A listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 August 1985.

Railway Viaduct, Balmossie, Dundee

WRENN ID
young-forge-holly
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 August 1985
OS grid reference
NO 481 324
Coordinates
56.48154, -2.84304
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a 7-arch railway viaduct built between 1869 and 1870 by John Willet and George Mackay, the engineers for the Forfar District Railway, which ran from Dundee to Forfar and was opened by the Caledonian Railway Company. The viaduct crosses the Dighty Water and was constructed by William Leslie. The structure is built of roughly dressed, pink rubble sandstone with the arch stones surrounded by finer detailing, and red brick soffits. The piers are angled and supported by large, rock-faced corbels and decorative blocks below the rounded arches. Giant pilasters run along the north and south sides, topped by a substantial parapet constructed of large stone blocks with a corniced top. Modern wrought-iron railings were added by the District Council to allow pedestrian access. The viaduct is no longer used for railway purposes but remains a prominent and attractive feature of the surrounding landscape.

Local climate

Railway Viaduct, Balmossie, Dundee receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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