St Anne's Tunnel East Portal (MLN111641) is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Engineering structure.
St Anne's Tunnel East Portal (MLN111641)
- WRENN ID
- late-soffit-ebony
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Engineering structure
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Pennant stone throughout. Squared and coursed to portal face, soffit and attached retaining wall. Ashlar dressings: voussoirs, copings, crenulations, machicolations, quoins and side tower faces. Some engineering brick patching.
DESCRIPTION: asymmetric composition. Round arch with a span of 30ft (9m) composed of plain double voussoirs, a set back and chamfer. Some repairs in engineering brick, chamfered to replicate original. Plain spandrels beneath plain flat coping. Square tower on the north (Up side) with two arrow-loops, crowned by double-step corbelled machicolations supporting projecting embattled parapet with sloping copings. On south (Down) side the face abuts a battered, rubble faced retaining wall.
There are detached sections of retaining wall and buttresses against the face of the cutting towards Bath.
The Portal is at the western end of a short stretch of line running on a shelf between a steep hillside and the River Avon, which was diverted by Brunel. At the other end of this stretch is the West Portal of Fox's Wood Tunnel (MLN1 11622), which is listed Grade II*.
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