Clay Cross Tunnel South Portal (SPC8 68P1) is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 2014. Tunnel portal.
Clay Cross Tunnel South Portal (SPC8 68P1)
- WRENN ID
- riven-garret-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 2014
- Type
- Tunnel portal
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tunnel portal, constructed 1836-39, for the North Midland Railway to the designs of George and Robert Stephenson, with Assistant Engineer Frederick Swanwick.
MATERIALS: coursed, squared, quarry-faced Derbyshire gritstone with moulded and tooled ashlar gritstone dressings.
DESCRIPTION: the tunnel portal is a horseshoe-shaped arch set within a masonry surround. The arch is formed of two ashlar bands of roll moulding profile with an additional ashlar band above the arch extrados. The portal arch is flanked by broad, raking rusticated masonry buttresses, beyond which are extensive quarry-faced masonry retaining walling. The portal and retaining walling all sit below an ashlar band course, with a bold roll moulding above and a low ashlar parapet that acts as a cornice to the top of the portal façade.
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