Wingfield Tunnel South Portal (SPC8 51P1)

The Wingfield Tunnel South Portal is a tunnel entrance built between 1836 and 1840 for the North Midland Railway, designed by George and Robert Stephenson along with Frederick Swanwick.

Constructed from coursed and squared quarry-faced Derbyshire gritstone with ashlar dressings, the south portal is located in a deep cutting. It features a true horseshoe arch with two orders of roll mouldings that merge into a single moulding at the base. An additional ashlar band runs along the extrados of the arch. The spandrels are made of the same coursed and squared quarry-faced gritstone. On either side of the portal, there are wide, raked piers of the same gritstone with rusticated ashlar quoins. Beyond these piers are wing walls of quarry-faced gritstone that extend perpendicular to the track. The structure is capped with an ashlar course, a bold roll moulding, and a low ashlar parapet of one course, which serves as a cornice. The parapet rises gently towards the center above the arch and is topped with 20th-century metal railings. It is noted that these railings are not considered to have special architectural or historic interest.