Fox's Wood Tunnel West Portal (MLN111622) is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 2012. Tunnel portal.
Fox's Wood Tunnel West Portal (MLN111622)
- WRENN ID
- spare-cupola-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 2012
- Type
- Tunnel portal
- Address
- Fox's Wood Tunnel West Portal (MLN111622), North of Eastwood Road, Conham
- OS grid reference
- ST 627 717
- Coordinates
- 51.44375, -2.53679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fox's Wood Tunnel West Portal is a Grade II* listed structure made of squared and coursed Pennant stone, featuring dressings of Pennant ashlar for the voussoirs and capping stones. The portal has an asymmetric design, characterized by a semi-circular arch with stilted voussoirs and a stepped section that includes a chamfer. It is flanked by two towers of differing height and shape.
The north tower, which is circular, rises from a spurred square base and has an upper section that steps out to create a parapet with crenellations, topped with moulded capping stones. Attached to this tower is a curved retaining wall that steps down. The parapet of the north tower continues without crenellations over the central arch and features 20th-century railings. The south tower is rectangular in plan and slightly taller, but is otherwise treated similarly to the north tower. This tower abuts a cliff of rock outcrops to the south, which is reinforced with massive buttresses.
The portal is located at the eastern end of a short stretch of railway line that runs along a shelf between a steep hillside and the River Avon, which was diverted by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Local climate
Fox's Wood Tunnel West Portal (MLN111622) receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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