Birmingham Main Line Coseley Tunnel, South Portal is a Grade II listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1994. Tunnel portal.

Birmingham Main Line Coseley Tunnel, South Portal

WRENN ID
graven-rotunda-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dudley
Constituency
Tipton and Wednesbury MP: Antonia Bance (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1994
Type
Tunnel portal
Address
Birmingham Main Line Coseley Tunnel, South Portal, School Street
OS grid reference
SO 942 936
Coordinates
52.54107, -2.08624
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The south portal of the Coseley Tunnel, built in 1837, is part of Thomas Telford's improvements to the Birmingham Main Line. This tunnel portal features a brick arched structure with twin towpaths and brick horse treads that create a non-slip surface. The brick arch ring is intersected by a retaining wall at the springing point. Additionally, there is a stone string course and a stone-capped brick retaining wall.

Local climate

Birmingham Main Line Coseley Tunnel, South Portal receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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