Tunnel Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. A C19 Railway entrance. 1 related planning application.
Tunnel Entrance
- WRENN ID
- frozen-cellar-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1987
- Type
- Railway entrance
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tunnel entrance is part of the former Swannington to Leicester railway, built between 1830 and 1832 by Robert Stephenson. It features a brick retaining wall topped with a stone parapet. Battered brick piers flank a horseshoe archway, which has been blocked in the 20th century with brick and metal doors. Although a granite portal was originally designed by Stephenson, it was not constructed due to cost. This tunnel is one of the earliest railway tunnels in England and, at 1,796 yards long, it was the longest for many years. It was opened on 17 July 1832 by Stephenson's Comet.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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