The Arches And Linked Tunnel Entrance On Furnival Road is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Coal staithes. 2 related planning applications.
The Arches And Linked Tunnel Entrance On Furnival Road
- WRENN ID
- narrow-ledge-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Coal staithes
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SHEFFIELD
SK38NE CANAL WHARF 784-1/6/138 (North West side) 08/03/88 The Arches and linked tunnel entrance on Furnival Road
GV II
Coal staithes and tunnel below former railway coal yard. 1855, restored 1983. Built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Co. Rock-faced stone and rubble with ashlar dressings. String course, coped parapets. Continuous retaining wall. At the west end, a segmental skew arch. On the Furnival Road side, flanking pilasters and sloping wing walls with smaller piers, all with pyramidal caps. To the east, the wall breaks forward with 9 segmental arches, then continues in a shallow S-curve with a further 11 arches. 2 further arches demolished 1993. The tenth arch is narrower and has flanking pilasters with pyramidal caps. All arches have keystones. The vaults below the arches have girders carrying rail tracks. Coal was dropped from wagons into the vaults beneath the arches. Building vacant at time of survey.
Listing NGR: SK3614887755
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