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Artengill Viaduct

A Grade II Listed Building in Dent, Cumbria

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.2683 / 54°16'5"N

Longitude: -2.3452 / 2°20'42"W

OS Eastings: 377617

OS Northings: 485903

OS Grid: SD776859

Mapcode National: GBR DM22.2P

Mapcode Global: WH94D.YZF7

Plus Code: 9C6V7M93+8W

Entry Name: Artengill Viaduct

Listing Date: 18 October 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1383817

English Heritage Legacy ID: 484249

ID on this website: 101383817

Location: Stone House, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA10

County: Cumbria

District: South Lakeland

Civil Parish: Dent

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Dent with Cowgill

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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Description



DENT

SD78NE DENTDALE
162-1/12/15 (North side)
Artengill Viaduct

GV II

Railway viaduct carrying Settle to Carlisle railway line over
Artengill Beck. c1869-75, for the Midland Railway Company;
Chief Engineer John Crossley, resident engineer J.Underwood.
Rock-faced sandstone in massive blocks, with brick soffits to
the arches. Straight line on almost north-south axis. Eleven
round-headed arches on battered rectangular piers, those to
north and south of the 7th, 8th and 9th (which span the
deepest part of the valley) broader than the others and with
tapered pilasters; short cavetto-moulded imposts at the
springing of the arches, rusticated voussoirs, a moulded
string course and parapets with rounded coping. Matches Dent
Head Viaduct (qv) approx. 1200m to south. A striking feature
of the landscape.

Listing NGR: SD7761785903

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