Littlebury Tunnel, South Portal is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1986. Railway tunnel portal.
Littlebury Tunnel, South Portal
- WRENN ID
- burning-pedestal-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1986
- Type
- Railway tunnel portal
- OS grid reference
- TL 512 389
- Coordinates
- 52.0286, 0.2038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Littlebury Tunnel South Portal is a railway tunnel portal built in 1845 by Robert Stephenson for the Eastern Counties Railway. It features an Egyptian-style design made of yellow brick and stone. The upward-tapering brick facade is topped with a stone cornice and entablature. The tunnel mouth is formed by a semicircular stone arch, which is surrounded by five concentric receding rings of brickwork, all resting on a rusticated stone plinth on each side. The tunnel was constructed to maintain the privacy of Audley End House.
Local climate
Littlebury Tunnel, South Portal sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 0.4°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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