Jerviston Railway Viaduct, Forgewood, Motherwell is a Grade B listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 January 1971.
Jerviston Railway Viaduct, Forgewood, Motherwell
- WRENN ID
- frozen-flue-swift
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke MP: Pamela Nash (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1971
- OS grid reference
- NS 751 585
- Coordinates
- 55.80434, -3.99321
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Jerviston Railway Viaduct is a 9-arch structure built to carry the main London Midland and Scottish Railway line across the South Calder Water. The viaduct is located in Forgewood, Motherwell, and falls within the administrative areas of both Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh.
Local climate
Jerviston Railway Viaduct, Forgewood, Motherwell sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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