RAILWAY VIADUCT OVER CHESTER BURN
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1159006
Date first listed: 23-Feb-1987
Statutory Address: RAILWAY VIADUCT OVER CHESTER BURN, SOUTH BURNS
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Location
Statutory Address: RAILWAY VIADUCT OVER CHESTER BURN, SOUTH BURNS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
National Grid Reference: NZ 27118 51635
Summary
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History
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Details
CHESTER-LE-STREET SOUTH BURNS
NZ 25 SE
(West end, off)
4/32 Railway Viaduct
over Chester Burn
II
Railway viaduct carrying 2 tracks over Chester Burn. 1868 for the North-
Eastern Railway Company. Light-red engineering brick in English bond; stone
plinths and parapet band.
Tall, c.230-metre long viaduct. 11 elliptical arches, in 7 rows of header
bond, on thin slightly-battered piers with tall rock-faced plinths; arches
partly refaced on west. Moulded band at track level. Low parapet with paired
end piers.
Late C20 railings and cantilevered refuges are not of special interest. An
important townscape feature.
Listing NGR: NZ2711851635
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 109378
Legacy System: LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing