Architecture Notes

Event ID 851476

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/851476

Description:

1903. 11-arch viaduct spanning Lugton Water; mass concrete with rubble; chanelled rustication to cement facing; string course at springing and parapet. Disused, in state of disprepair.

Notes:

Constructed for the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway, using mass concrete and rubble bound with cement. The cement render facing is chanelled to resemble masonry. The viaduct is in a state of disrepair and North Ayrshire Council has proposed complete demolition of the structure (2003). Gree Viaduct is a landmark structure set in open pasture land and the eleven arches can be viewed from the main Lochlibo Road. The tallest centre arches have a height of 22.4m.

References:

Marked on 3rd edition OS map of 1910. John Hume INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND Vol I (1976) p49.

Information from Historic Scotland

De-listed May 2009