South Portal Of Shildon Railway Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. Railway tunnel portal.
South Portal Of Shildon Railway Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- fallen-corner-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Railway tunnel portal
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The south portal of Shildon Railway Tunnel was built in 1842 for the Shildon Tunnel Company, a subsidiary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company. It is constructed from dressed and ashlar sandstone and is designed in a Neo-Romanesque style. The portal features a large, semicircular roll-moulded arch with a rusticated, inward-splayed intrados, set within a battered, rock-faced portal. Above, there is a corbelled parapet and a short blocking course.
Originally known as the Prince of Wales Tunnel, Shildon Tunnel was created to bypass the Black Boy Incline and to serve the Wear Valley. The north portal is located within the Bishop Auckland District.
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