Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1988. Canal tunnel portals, retaining wall. 2 related planning applications.

Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall

WRENN ID
north-brick-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1988
Type
Canal tunnel portals, retaining wall
Address
Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall, Trent and Mersey Canal, Kidsgrove
OS grid reference
SJ 837 541
Coordinates
53.08457, -2.24426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall are located on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Kidsgrove. They were constructed between 1766 and 1767 by James Brindley, with further work completed by Thomas Telford from 1824 to 1827. The structure is made of brown brick with stone coping. Brindley's entrance, which is set back to the right, features a single rounded arch. Telford's entrance to the left also has a rounded shape and is framed by a rusticated surround. A 19th-century retaining wall connects the two portals and continues along the left side of Telford's entrance, running alongside the east side of the canal for approximately 100 yards. This wall includes regularly spaced pilaster buttresses and connects the former portals to Bridge No. 132.

Local climate

Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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