Leeds and Liverpool Canal Southern Entrance to Foulridge Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Tunnel entrance.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Southern Entrance to Foulridge Tunnel

WRENN ID
last-cupola-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Tunnel entrance
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Southern Entrance to Foulridge Tunnel, Colne
OS grid reference
SD 875 416
Coordinates
53.87083, -2.19158
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The southern entrance to Foulridge Tunnel on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was built in 1796 and designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. It features dressed stone and a curving wall with a semi-circular arch that is flanked by piers. The arch and the lower sections of the piers have vermiculated rustication. There are stone steps leading down to the canal on either side. Foulridge Tunnel is notable as the summit tunnel of the canal, which was initially projected in 1789 but completed in 1796.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Southern Entrance to Foulridge Tunnel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bridge Over Foulridge Ings Beck Grade II 36 m
  2. Wanless Water Farmhouse Grade II 493 m
  3. Edge End Farmhouse Grade II 500 m
  4. Leeds and Liverpool Canal Wanless Bridge Grade II 529 m
  5. Hobstones Cottages and Hobstones Farmhouse Grade II* 694 m
  6. Garden Entrance to Hobstones Farmhouse Grade II* 712 m
  7. Leeds and Liverpool Canal Blakey Bridge Number 144 Grade II 798 m
  8. Ball House Grade II* 799 m
  9. Blakey Hall Grade II 890 m
  10. Cross Gaits Inn Grade II 903 m