Waverley Viaduct, West of the Former Electricity Works
WAVERLEY VIADUCT, WEST OF THE FORMER ELECTRICITY WORKS, WILLOW HOLME
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291680
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Waverley Viaduct, West of the Former Electricity Works
- Statutory Address:
- WAVERLEY VIADUCT, WEST OF THE FORMER ELECTRICITY WORKS, WILLOW HOLME
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291680
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Waverley Viaduct, West of the Former Electricity Works
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAVERLEY VIADUCT, WEST OF THE FORMER ELECTRICITY WORKS, WILLOW HOLME
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WAVERLEY VIADUCT, WEST OF THE FORMER ELECTRICITY WORKS, WILLOW HOLME
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 38325 56501
Details
CARLISLE
NY3856 WILLOW HOLME 671-1/5/322 Waverley Viaduct, west of the former Electricity Works
II
Also known as: Waverly Viaduct Newtown. Disused railway viaduct for the former Carlisle to Edinburgh line. 1861 for the North British Railway Company. Quarry-faced red sandstone blocks with brick arches. Double-track width of 6 spans crossing the River Eden on a slight curve. Each arch is segmental on rounded piers with quarry-faced voussoirs. Arch soffits are of brick. Moulded string course and solid parapet with chamfered coping; parts of the parapet have stones missing through vandalism. Concern was expressed in the Carlisle Journal 15 January 1861 that the wooden bridge, constructed to carry a tramway for the building of this bridge, would be damaged by ice floes on the river. The line was completed in April 1862. Waverley Viaduct is partly in Kingmoor CP. In Peter Brook (1990) this is called the Canal Viaduct. (Carlisle Journal: 15 January 1861; Carlisle Journal: 1 April 1862; Brook, Peter: Calling Carlisle Control: 1990-: P.80-81).
Listing NGR: NY3832556501
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 386927
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Brook, P, Calling Carlisle Control, (1990), 80-81
Carlisle Journal in 1 April, (1862)
Carlisle Journal in 15 January, (1861)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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