Trent And Mersey Canal South Portal Of Preston Brook Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Canal tunnel.
Trent And Mersey Canal South Portal Of Preston Brook Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- cold-terrace-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Canal tunnel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ASTON BY SUTTON C.P. TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL SJ 57 NE 3/52 South portal of Preston Brook Tunnel. II Canal Tunnel mouth, circa 1777 by James Brindley, of stone-dressed dark brick. Narrow elliptical opening has ring of-rusticated stone voussoirs, 3 replaced in brick with concrete insert at base of left side. Plain stone band at ground level above arch; flush stone coping; plain rectangular end piers, sandstone wing walls with projecting stone copings. Above the tunnel mouth keystone a plain flush stone is inscribed PRESTON TUNNEL. The tunnel has no towpath; the horse track crosses the canal immediately behind the portal.
Listing NGR: SJ5741778843
Detailed Attributes
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.