Tunnel from Churchyard of St Mary to South Under Rear Area of the Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Tunnel.
Tunnel from Churchyard of St Mary to South Under Rear Area of the Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- odd-entrance-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol North West MP: Darren Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Tunnel
- Address
- Tunnel from Churchyard of St Mary to South Under Rear Area of the Old Vicarage, Church Close
- OS grid reference
- ST 563 787
- Coordinates
- 51.506, -2.63026
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tunnel, dating from around 1835, connects the churchyard of St Mary to the area beneath the rear of The Old Vicarage in Henbury, Bristol. It is constructed of rubble with brick arches, featuring copper-slag block coping and Pennant stone steps. The tunnel has a segmental-arched roof and is accessed by steps leading down from the churchyard. It was built to provide a public footpath that runs beneath the rear yard of The Old Vicarage.
Local climate
Tunnel from Churchyard of St Mary to South Under Rear Area of the Old Vicarage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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