Railway tunnel portal, MVL3/11 Scout Tunnel (south end) is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 2018. Railway portal.

Railway tunnel portal, MVL3/11 Scout Tunnel (south end)

WRENN ID: solitary-soffit-hawthorn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Tameside
Country: England
Date first listed: 23 March 2018
Type: Railway portal
Source: Historic England listing

Description

Railway tunnel portal, 1845-1849, by AS Jee for the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway.

MATERIALS: buff sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: the portal faces south, standing against the south face of the hill, elevated above the road. It comprises a single horseshoe arch flanked by polygonal piers with abutments to either side running into the steep sides of the cutting.

The arch has alternate giant voussoirs within a two-coursed ring, and walls of regular-coursed quarry-faced stone. A giant upper course with tooled margins runs across the whole, with an ashlar parapet above with prominent roll moulding at its base.

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