Tunnel Waterway in Barn Wood is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1991. Waterway.

Tunnel Waterway in Barn Wood

WRENN ID
steep-entrance-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke MP: Claire Hazelgrove (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1991
Type
Waterway
Address
Tunnel Waterway in Barn Wood, Stoke Gifford
OS grid reference
ST 620 773
Coordinates
51.49365, -2.54845
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tunnel Waterway in Barn Wood is a Grade II listed structure, likely built around 1750 by Thomas Wright. This limestone vaulted tunnel measures approximately 10 meters in length and features a barrier or weir at its northern end, which is thought to be part of a decorative waterway connected to a collection pool in the landscaped grounds of Stoke Park Dower House. It is also part of a designed walking route within the park. The tunnel is 1.5 meters wide and 2 meters high, constructed with regular limestone courses and a shaped voussoir vault. There is an opening or skylight located about halfway along the tunnel. At the eastern end, a flat upright slab serves as a weir overflow, and the floor is paved with Pennant slabs. The stonework at both ends appears rough and may have originally been more finely dressed.

Local climate

Tunnel Waterway in Barn Wood receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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