Larkhall Viaduct, Avon Water, Larkhall is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 August 1985. Bridge. 3 related planning applications.

Larkhall Viaduct, Avon Water, Larkhall

WRENN ID
frozen-storey-sage
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley MP: Imogen Walker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 August 1985
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NS 754 503
Coordinates
55.73025, -3.98532
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Larkhall Viaduct is a high six-span steel X-truss bridge built by the Arrol Brothers between 1898 and 1904, spanning the River Avon. The bridge features independent sections constructed from box frames with lattice work braces. It has cantilevered girders and steel plate decking, along with catwalks and plain handrails. There is a timber-floored maintenance walkway along the south side. The piers are tapered and made of bull-faced cream sandstone with granite cores, resting on concrete foundations that have a narrow strip detail at the angles.

Local climate

Larkhall Viaduct, Avon Water, Larkhall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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