Horn Hill Tunnel, North Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Tunnel.

Horn Hill Tunnel, North Entrance

WRENN ID
plain-footing-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1951
Type
Tunnel
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ST 40 SE BROADWINDSOR 4-12-1951 5/15 Horn Hill Tunnel, North Entrance (south entrance in Beaminster)

II

Tunnel Entrance. Dated 1832. Tablet with inscription over entrance. ¨The public are Permanently indebted for the eretion of this TUNNEL to the zealous exertions of GILES RUSSEL 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. R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p 27 (60).

Listing NGR: ST4677703139

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