List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: Stockport Railway Viaduct
List Entry Number: 1356861
Location
Stockport Railway Viaduct, Viaduct Street
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Stockport
District Type: Metropolitan Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 10-Mar-1975
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 210778
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History
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Details
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SJ 8990
SW 3/32
VIADUCT STREET
Stockport Railway Viaduct
(Formerly listed as Railway Viaduct, Stockport)
II*
Railway viaduct opened 1840 by GW Buck for Manchester and Birmingham Railway in brick and stone. 28 arches of total length over 540m (three spans at either end of 18ft, 22 spans between of 63ft), and nearly 34m high above the river. Said to contain 11 million bricks, viaduct in brick with stone capping and dentil cornice. Stone moulded impost bands and rusticated faces to piers. Took 21 months to build, at a cost of £72,700. Widened to the west 1888 to 1889.
Listing NGR: SJ8910590246
Selected Sources
Books and journalsHartwell, C, Hyde, M, Pevsner, N, Hubbard, E, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, (2011), p601
Map
National Grid Reference: SJ 89105 90246
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