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Lune Railway Viaduct

A Grade II Listed Building in Lunedale, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.6115 / 54°36'41"N

Longitude: -2.0653 / 2°3'54"W

OS Eastings: 395882

OS Northings: 524044

OS Grid: NY958240

Mapcode National: GBR GH03.NN

Mapcode Global: WHB44.7CS2

Plus Code: 9C6VJW6M+JV

Entry Name: Lune Railway Viaduct

Listing Date: 12 January 1967

Last Amended: 17 June 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1121839

English Heritage Legacy ID: 111293

Also known as: Laithkirk Viaduct
Lunedale Viaduct

ID on this website: 101121839

Location: Laithkirk, County Durham, DL12

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Lunedale

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Tagged with: Building Railway viaduct

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Description


LUNEDALE B6277, Laithkirk
NY 92 SE
(West side)
10/123
12/1/67 Lune Railway Viaduct
(Formerly listed as
GV Lune Viaduct)
II
Disused railway viaduct over the River Lune. 1868 for the Tees Valley Railway
Company. Snecked, rock-faced stone with grey-brick arches.

4 battered piers and end sections support 5 near-semicircular arches in 7 rows
of header bond. Solid coped parapet, defined by band at track level, has end
piers with pyramidal caps. Raking flat-coped retaining walls at right-angles
to north end.

This viaduct straddles the parishes of Lunedale and Mickleton.


Listing NGR: NY9588224044

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