Tunnel Under Petersham Road is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 1983. Tunnel.
Tunnel Under Petersham Road
- WRENN ID
- hollow-rubblework-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 May 1983
- Type
- Tunnel
- Address
- Tunnel Under Petersham Road, Terrace Gardens
- OS grid reference
- TQ 180 740
- Coordinates
- 51.45308, -0.30232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tunnel under Petersham Road, located in the Terrace Gardens of Richmond, dates from the later 18th century. It features a masonry barrel vault and connects Terrace Gardens to Bucclengh Gardens. The tunnel has three bays leading to Bucclengh Gardens, with a rusticated central arch.
Local climate
Tunnel Under Petersham Road 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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