Birdsmill Viaduct, Kirkliston is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Railway viaduct.
Birdsmill Viaduct, Kirkliston
- WRENN ID
- crooked-baluster-mist
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1971
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- OS grid reference
- NT 108 713
- Coordinates
- 55.9265, -3.42883
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Birdsmill Viaduct, built in 1849 by engineer John Miller, is a railway viaduct featuring eight segmental arches that cross the River Almond. The structure is made of rock-faced coursed sandstone, with voussoirs and a plastic roll moulded string course. It has a rendered parapet topped with slab coping and modern plain railings. There is some brick infill in the voussoirs, and stone steps lead to the railway line on the west side.
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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