Trent And Mersey Canal Eastern Entrance To The Saltersford Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1986. Canal tunnel.
Trent And Mersey Canal Eastern Entrance To The Saltersford Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- hidden-bonework-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1986
- Type
- Canal tunnel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BARNTON C.P. TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL SJ 67 NW 2/14 Eastern entrance to the Saltersford Tunnel - - II
Canal tunnel entrance arch: 1777 by James Brindley for the Trent and Mersey Canal Co. and restored and re-opened in 1984. English bond blue brick with red sandstone dressings. Curving facade has a parabolic stone arch at its centre, a plain band at ground level and an original worn plaque above, with the tunnel name in seriffed script. Plain parapet with rounded coping. The bridge ends in stone pilasters and has a revetment wall on each side angling down. On the right side of the arch is a steel plaque recording the reopening of the tunnel, by Sir Frank Price in 1984.
Listing NGR: SJ6283775270
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