Birmingham Main Line Coseley Tunnel, North Portal is a Grade II listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1994. Tunnel portal. 1 related planning application.

Birmingham Main Line Coseley Tunnel, North Portal

WRENN ID
fading-facade-cedar
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
OS grid reference
SO 941 939
Coordinates
52.54381, -2.08808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

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

Local climate

Birmingham Main Line Coseley Tunnel, North 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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