Railway Viaduct, White Cart Water, Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 June 1992. Viaduct. 2 related planning applications.

Railway Viaduct, White Cart Water, Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
veiled-step-harvest
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South MP: Gordon McKee (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 June 1992
Type
Viaduct
OS grid reference
NS 559 614
Coordinates
55.82478, -4.30051
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Railway Viaduct over the White Cart Water on Pollokshaws Road in Glasgow was designed by engineer Neil Robson and completed on 5 October 1847 for the Glasgow Barrhead and Neilston Railway. This structure features three skewed arches and two straight arches, constructed from rock-faced ashlar, which includes voussoirs and iron handrails. The northernmost arch spans the driveway leading to Pollock House.

Local climate

Railway Viaduct, White Cart Water, Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% 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 0.2°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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