Horn Hill Tunnel South Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1953. Tunnel. 1 related planning application.

Horn Hill Tunnel South Entrance

WRENN ID: dusted-granite-gold
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Dorset
Country: England
Date first listed: 12 June 1953
Type: Tunnel
Source: Historic England listing

Description

BEAMINSTER ST 40 SE 12.6.53 4/9 Horn Hill Tunnel South Entrance - II

Tunnel Entrance. Dated 1832. Tablet with inscription over entrance: "The public are permanently indebted for the erection of this TUNNEL to the zealous exertions of GILES RUSSELL of Beaminster, GENT. Begun August 1831, finished June 1832. M. Lane, Civil Engineer". Ashlar stone walls over and beside arch. Arch has rusticated jambs with voussoirs and a dropped keystone. Flat imposts. Round string over tablet. Parapets and return walls are stone-coped and return by curving down to square terminal capped piers. Tunnel is 345 feet long. Source: A. J. Wallis, Dorset Bridges, p 53, RCHM Dorset I, p 27 (60).

Listing NGR: ST4677703139

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