Leaderfoot Viaduct is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971. Viaduct.
Leaderfoot Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- dusk-paling-rain
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1971
- Type
- Viaduct
- OS grid reference
- NT 573 347
- Coordinates
- 55.60442, -2.67794
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Leaderfoot Viaduct is an outstanding former railway viaduct designed by engineers Charles Jopp and Wylie & Peddie in 1865. It spans the River Tweed and features 19 tall, slender arches, reaching a height of 126 feet. The viaduct is constructed with red sandstone piers, walls, and abutments, while the arches are made of brickwork, each with a span of 43 feet.
Local climate
Leaderfoot Viaduct receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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