Portal to South Entrance of Bramhope Railway Tunnel at SE 241 407 is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1988. Railway portal.

Portal to South Entrance of Bramhope Railway Tunnel at SE 241 407

WRENN ID
lost-hall-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds North West MP: Katie White (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 April 1988
Type
Railway portal
OS grid reference
SE 241 407
Coordinates
53.86264, -1.6344
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The portal to the south entrance of the Bramhope railway tunnel, located on the Leeds to Thirsk Railway, was constructed between 1845 and 1849. The engineer responsible for its design was Thomas Grainger. The portal is made of sandstone and features a horseshoe arch with rusticated run-out voussoirs, along with a cornice and parapet.

Local climate

Portal to South Entrance of Bramhope Railway Tunnel at SE 241 407 receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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.

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