Leaderfoot Viaduct Melrose, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Leaderfoot Viaduct has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 348670 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 15145
- Canmore ID
- 55689
- Category
- A
- Name
- Leaderfoot Viaduct
- Parish
- Melrose
- County
- Scottish Borders
- Easting
- 357385
- Northing
- 634743
- Date Listed
- 16 March 1971
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Charles Jopp and Wylie & Peddie (engineers), 1865. Outstanding former railway viaduct spanning the River Tweed on 19 tall, slender arches at a height of 126ft. Red sandstone piers, walls and abutments. Brickwork arches, each of 43ft span.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
An exceptional 19th century railway viaduct, built for the Berwickshire Railway branch line and formerly connecting the 'Waverley Route' running between Edinburgh and Hawick, to Duns and Reston. Prominently located, its towering height and slender proportions make a very positive contribution to its setting. The viaduct is intervisible with 'Drygrange Old Bridge' built 1780 (see separate listing), adding to its wider contextual interest and value. Aberdeen born civil engineer Charles Jopp became Chief Engineer to the North British Railway Company in 1850 and was in charge of much of the construction of the original North British Railway network and the Forth and Clyde Junction Railways. The line was severed by flooding in 1948 but the Leaderfoot Viaduct remained operational in some capacity until 1965. Some tiers and strengthening buttresses were added to the abutments and S pier end, 1992-95. Upgraded from Category B to A (1986). List description updated at resurvey (2010).
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
2nd Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1896). Charles A Strang, Border and Berwick ' An Illustrated Architectural Guide (1994) p174. Kitty Cruft, John Dunbar and Richard Fawcett, The Buildings of Scotland ' Borders (2006) p489. Roland Paxton & Jim Shipway, Civil Engineering Heritage, Scotland: Lowlands and Borders, (Institution of Civil Engineers, 2007) p81.
