North entrance to Wellow Tunnel, 100 yards to north of White Baines, Bull's Hill 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.

North entrance to Wellow Tunnel, 100 yards to north of White Baines, Bull's Hill

WRENN ID
little-belfry-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1983
Type
Tunnel entrance
OS grid reference
ST 742 584
Coordinates
51.32439, -2.3707
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The north entrance to Wellow Tunnel, located 100 yards north of White Baines on Bull's Hill, was built around 1800 for the Somersetshire Coal Canal. The canal's surveyor was William Smith, known as "the Father of British Geology," and it was supervised by John Rennie, with engineering by William Bennet. The entrance features coursed, squared rubble with freestone dressings, a semi-circular arch with a keystone, and a decorative band. There are pilaster strips on either side and a high coped parapet. The interior of the tunnel is lined with masonry. The southern branch of the Coal Canal, which connects Midford and Radstock, was completed in 1798 but was abandoned in 1815 when a tramway was constructed along its route.

Local climate

North entrance to Wellow Tunnel, 100 yards to north of White Baines, Bull's Hill receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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