Norden Tunnel 2 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1998. Tunnel.
Norden Tunnel 2
- WRENN ID
- stranded-pedestal-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1998
- Type
- Tunnel
- Address
- Norden Tunnel 2, Corfe Castle
- OS grid reference
- SY 947 832
- Coordinates
- 50.64852, -2.07535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Norden Tunnel 2 is a plateway tunnel built around 1807, with a plaque indicating partial rebuilding in 1848. It is constructed from coursed stone rubble, featuring dressed stone arch rings, and has a round arch shape that is approximately 23 metres long. The tunnel was created for Benjamin Fayle, a shipping agent and insurance broker from London, who leased the Norden clay pits from William Morton Pitt in 1804. By 1806, Fayle had built a plateway to transport clay from the pits to Middlebere Quay on Poole Harbour using a horse-drawn train. The tunnel was disused by 1845 and underwent rebuilding in 1848. The plateway continued to operate as a horse-drawn railway until about 1905, when a new line was established. Middlebere Plateway is recognized as one of the earliest railways in southern England. Currently, the tunnel carries a watercourse.
Local climate
Norden Tunnel 2 receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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