Surrey Portal of the Rotherhithe Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1983. Tunnel entrance. 1 related planning application.
Surrey Portal of the Rotherhithe Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- first-quoin-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1983
- Type
- Tunnel entrance
- Address
- Surrey Portal of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Rotherhithe Tunnel Approach
- OS grid reference
- TQ 353 797
- Coordinates
- 51.50075, -0.05156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Surrey Portal of the Rotherhithe Tunnel is an entrance to the tunnel, built between 1904 and 1908. The architect was Thomas Blashill, and the engineer was Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, following the design principles established with the Blackwall Tunnel. The portal features a semicircular arch with a roll mould, and the spandrels and parapet are faced in polished pink granite. Below the parapet is a bull-nosed string, flanked by slightly battered dies that have curved pyramidal cappings. An inscription on the parapet states, "This tunnel, constructed by the London County Council was opened by HRH The Prince of Wales KC on the 21st of June 1908. Maurice Fitzmaurice CMG Engineer." This portal is similar in design to the portals of the Blackwall Tunnel. For the entrance on the Middlesex Shore, refer to Branch Road and Butcher Row in Shadwell, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Local climate
Surrey Portal of the Rotherhithe Tunnel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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