Description

NY 47 NW KIRKANDREWS ON ESK RIDDINGS

152-/7/10001 Riddings Junction Viaduct

II*

Railway viaduct, presently disused. 1864, with minor late C20 alterations. Built for the North British Railway. Rock-faced red sandstone structure, comprised of 9 sharply-skewed arches with channelled ashlar voussoirs, the channelling carried diagonally across the arch soffits. The arches are supported on tapered rectangular piers. C20 brick parapets with concrete copings and handrail. The curved viaduct carried a single line track over Liddell Water, the centre of which represents the border between England and Scotland. The Scottish part of the viaduct lies in the parish of Canonbie, in the district of Annandale and Eskdale.

Listing NGR: NY4107275585

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings