Birdsmill Viaduct, Kirkliston is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971.
Birdsmill Viaduct, Kirkliston
- WRENN ID
- muffled-corner-tallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 108 713
- Coordinates
- 55.9265, -3.42883
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Birdsmill Viaduct, located near Birdsmill in Kirkliston Parish, Midlothian, was constructed in 1842. This substantial railway viaduct features eight segmental arches built with rock-faced coursed stone. Its statutory address is Railway Viaduct, River Avon, near Birdsmill.
Local climate
Birdsmill Viaduct, Kirkliston sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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