South West Entrance To Wellow Tunnel, 20 Yards To North West Of Church Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1983. Tunnel entrance.
South West Entrance To Wellow Tunnel, 20 Yards To North West Of Church Farm
- WRENN ID
- moated-baluster-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1983
- Type
- Tunnel entrance
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST 7458 WELLOW C.P. HIGH STREET (South side) 12/27 South-west entrance to G.V. Wellow Tunnel, 20 yards to north-west of Church Farm
II
South-west entrance to Wellow Tunnel. Circa 1800 for the Somersetshire Coal Canal. The survey for the canal was William Smith "the Father of British Geology", under the supervision of John Rennie. The engineer was William Bennet. Coursed, squared rubble with freestone dressings. Semi-circular arch with keystone. Band. Pilaster strips to either side and high coped parapet. The interior of the tunnel is masonry lined. The southern (Midford-Radstock) branch of the Somersetshire Coal Canal was completed in 1798 but was abandoned in 1815 when a tramway was laid along it.
Listing NGR: ST7420158342
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