Southern Entrance of Railway Tunnel Beneath Todmorden Road is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Railway tunnel entrance. 1 related planning application.
Southern Entrance of Railway Tunnel Beneath Todmorden Road
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-wall-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Railway tunnel entrance
- Address
- Southern Entrance of Railway Tunnel Beneath Todmorden Road, OL15 9QJ
- OS grid reference
- SD 946 180
- Coordinates
- 53.6592, -2.08301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The southern entrance of the railway tunnel beneath Todmorden Road is a tunnel entrance built in 1839, designed by engineer George Stephenson for the Manchester Leeds Railway Company. It features rock-faced stone and ashlar construction. The entrance is marked by a segmental keystone arch, flanked by battered piers that rise above the level of the coped parapet retaining wall, which sits on a continuous band. Above the parapet, there is a centrally-placed datestone, which is the only location along the entire railway line that displays the emblem of the Railway Company.
Local climate
Southern Entrance of Railway Tunnel Beneath Todmorden Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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