Cefn (Newbridge) Railway Viaduct (partly in Chirk Community) is a Grade II* listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 January 1966. Railway viaduct.

Cefn (Newbridge) Railway Viaduct (partly in Chirk Community)

WRENN ID
sleeping-span-yarrow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
4 January 1966
Type
Railway viaduct
OS grid reference
SJ 285 411
Coordinates
52.96309, -3.06533
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Cefn (Newbridge) Railway Viaduct, partly located in Chirk Community, is a notable structure made of coursed and squared stone. It features a 19-arch span and stands 150 feet high. The arches are supported by slender piers that have continuous chamfered mouldings. Below the ashlar parapet, there is a modillion cornice. The terminal piers are pedimented and have stepped blocking courses above arched recesses that include keystones.

Local climate

Cefn (Newbridge) Railway Viaduct (partly in Chirk Community) receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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