Railway Viaduct, Centenary Avenue, Coatdyke is a Grade B listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 August 2003. Viaduct.

Railway Viaduct, Centenary Avenue, Coatdyke

WRENN ID
dreaming-solder-willow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Lanarkshire
Constituency
Coatbridge and Bellshill MP: Frank McNally (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 August 2003
Type
Viaduct
OS grid reference
NS 747 652
Coordinates
55.86373, -4.00243
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Railway Viaduct on Centenary Avenue in Coatdyke was built between 1860 and 1863. It features nine deep segmental arches, with one arch positioned on a high bank to the east. The viaduct crosses Centenary Avenue and the western corner of Centenary Park. It is constructed from bull-faced sandstone with battered piers and voussoirs. The polished ashlar impost courses and wallhead band courses are located below a bull-faced parapet that includes railings. Additionally, there are circular iron tie-plates present.

Local climate

Railway Viaduct, Centenary Avenue, Coatdyke sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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