Railway tunnel portals MVL3/88 and MVL3/89, west end of Huddersfield Tunnels

The railway tunnel portals at the west end of the Huddersfield Tunnels consist of a pair of structures. The north portal was built between 1845 and 1849 for the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway line, designed by engineer Alfred Stanistreet Jee. The south portal was added later, between 1882 and 1886, under engineer J J Lee.

These portals are made from coursed and squared quarry-faced gritstone, featuring ashlar dressings. They are located in a deep rock cutting south of Springwood Avenue. Both portals share a similar design, set into a gritstone wall. Each portal features a semi-circular arch with a bold ashlar roll moulding, although the arch of the south portal is slightly taller than that of the north. Above the arches, there is a narrow coping that surmounts the gritstone wall.