Railway tunnel portals MVL3/86 and MVL3/87, east end of Gledholt Tunnels

A pair of tunnel portals;the north portal built between 1845 and 1849 for the Huddersfield&Manchester Railway line to the design of the engineer Alfred Stanistreet Jee,with the south portal added between 1882 and 1886 under the engineer J J Lee.MATERIALS:coursed and squared quarry-faced gritstone with ashlar dressings.DESCRIPTION:the east portals of Gledholt Tunnels are situated in a cutting south of Springwood Avenue.The portals are of a similar design,set into a coursed and squared quarry-faced gritstone wall,but the southernmost portal is recessed back several metres from its neighbour.They are each formed of a semi-circular arch with a bold ashlar roll moulding.On the south side of each portal is a projecting,rectangular,quarry-faced pier.Surmounting the wall is a bold ashlar roll moulding,acting as a cornice to terminate the structure.