East Portal Of Farnley Scar Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Portal.

East Portal Of Farnley Scar Tunnel

WRENN ID
tattered-grate-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Portal
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CORBRIDGE FARNLEY NZ 06 SW NZ 00146318 10/141 East portal of Farnley Scar Tunnel

II

Portal of railway tunnel, opened 1834 for the Newcastle-Carlisle line. Engineer Francis Giles. Squared stone with tooled and margined dressings, brick soffit. Round arch with flat-coped wall above; flanking wing walls have similar coping.

Farnley Scar Tunnel (170 yards long) was one of two tunnels on the Newcastle- Carlisle line, the earliest cross-country railway in the world. The tunnel was bypassed by the adjacent cutting in the later C19, but remains in good condition.

Listing NGR: NZ0013863174

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