Snarestone Tunnel Entrances is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Canal tunnel entrances.
Snarestone Tunnel Entrances
- WRENN ID
- fossil-spindle-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Canal tunnel entrances
- OS grid reference
- SK 342 093
- Coordinates
- 52.68032, -1.4946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Snarestone Tunnel Entrances are canal tunnel entrances from the early 19th century, located along the Ashby de la Zouch Canal. They feature rusticated and vermiculated stonework with string courses. The entrances are designed on a concave curve plan, with a depressed arch over the canal. Above the arch, there is an inscription tablet that is difficult to read. These entrances lead to a brick-vaulted tunnel that extends 250 yards beneath the canal. The southern entrance is situated near No. 2 Main Street, while the northern entrance is located near Snarestone Lodge on Measham Road.
Local climate
Snarestone Tunnel Entrances receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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