North Tunnel Entrance of Linslade Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. Railway architecture. 1 related planning application.
North Tunnel Entrance of Linslade Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- last-cornice-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- Railway architecture
- Address
- North Tunnel Entrance of Linslade Tunnel, Leighton-Linslade, LU7 2SD
- OS grid reference
- SP 910 261
- Coordinates
- 51.92645, -0.67676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North Tunnel Entrance of Linslade Tunnel, built in the mid-19th century, features a red brick castellated retaining wall. It has three horseshoe arches with moulded surrounds, with the central arch being taller than the others. The structure is adorned with seven semi-octagonal embattled turrets. This entrance is an interesting example of early railway architecture.
Local climate
North Tunnel Entrance of Linslade Tunnel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- 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
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings