South Entrance Arch to Prestbury Railway Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Railway tunnel entrance arch. 1 related planning application.
South Entrance Arch to Prestbury Railway Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- pitched-chimney-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Railway tunnel entrance arch
- OS grid reference
- SJ 904 774
- Coordinates
- 53.29429, -2.14506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South Entrance Arch to Prestbury Railway Tunnel, built in 1845 by G.W. Buck for the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, is a notable railway tunnel entrance arch made of buff sandstone ashlar. The center of the facade projects forward from the rubble revetment walls and features raking rusticated quoins. It includes a horseshoe-shaped arch with a cyma moulded rusticated surround, which supports a modillion cornice and a solid parapet. The northern arch is simpler and constructed of brick, but it features a keystone that displays the date and the company's initials.
Local climate
South Entrance Arch to Prestbury Railway Tunnel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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