Railway tunnel portals MVL3/88 and MVL3/89, west end of Huddersfield Tunnels is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Tunnel portals.
Railway tunnel portals MVL3/88 and MVL3/89, west end of Huddersfield Tunnels
- WRENN ID
- heavy-window-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tunnel portals
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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.
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