Listed Building record MDR9031 - Hogshaw Lane Viaduct, Buxton

Hogshaw Lane Viaduct, Buxton, built c1890. 'A sixteen arch viaduct across the Wye valley. It is 353 yards long carrying the Midland Railway from Chinley.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'BUXTON SK07SE SPRING GARDENS 616-1/2/1 Hogshaw Lane Viaduct II Railway viaduct. c1890. Built for the Midland Railway Co. Snecked millstone grit and coursed limestone rubble, with dressed stone quoins, keystones and coping. Red brick interior to arches. East face: 16 arches of varying span with irregular piers; the arch over Spring Gardens is skewed. The arches have rusticated voussoirs and keystones, with above a raised band and a plain coped parapet of diminishing courses. Reputedly 320m long. This viaduct carries the railway across the Wye valley, as part of the Chinley to Ashbourne line. Listing NGR: SK0629973548.' (2)