Wansford Railway Tunnel Circa 500 Metres West Of Wansford Station is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. Railway tunnel.

Wansford Railway Tunnel Circa 500 Metres West Of Wansford Station

WRENN ID: forgotten-panel-heath
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Huntingdonshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 16 November 1988
Type: Railway tunnel
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SIBSON-CUM-STIBBINGTON OLD GREAT NORTH ROAD, TL 09 NE Sibson (West Side) 1/109 Wansford Railway Tunnel c.500 metres west of Wansford Station II Railway tunnel. Completed June 1845 for L.N.W.R. Northampton - Peterborough line by Jones of Sheffield. Coursed rock faced limestone and freestone dressings to embankment walls, brick lined tunnel. Romanesque details to round arch of west portal with two roll-moulded and chamfered orders springing from attached columns with cushion capitals. Single track line with pedestrian side walk to south side. The tunnel was constructed in seventeen months by 1,000 navvies camped in a disused quarry in the parish of Elton.

Waszak, P. Wansford Station, Nene Valley Railway International, Vols. 6-10

Listing NGR: TL0893497766

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