Milford Tunnel North Portal (SPC 8 21) is a Grade II* listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. Tunnel portal.
Milford Tunnel North Portal (SPC 8 21)
- WRENN ID
- lesser-flue-merlin
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1979
- Type
- Tunnel portal
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A tunnel portal, built c.1838–40, on the North Midland Railway by George and Robert Stephenson with their Assistant Engineer Frederick Swanwick.
MATERIALS: Derbyshire Gritstone: ashlar portal surrounded by rubble-work walling.
DESCRIPTION: The tunnel portal is situated in a cutting. It has a true horseshoe arch consisting of seven ashlar rings, described here from the centre outwards. The first is a concave ring around the arch, with a flat return to the outside edge. The remaining arch rings are semi-circular. They spring from outwardly-angled plinths with simple impost mouldings. The middle five rings step out along the imposts in a sequence as follows: convex, convex, concave, convex, flat. The final outer ring is concave, with a flat return to the outside edge. Surrounding the portal is a rubble stone retaining wall.
Detailed Attributes
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.