West Portal Of Box Tunnel is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1985. A Victorian Tunnel entrance.
West Portal Of Box Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- pitched-loft-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1985
- Type
- Tunnel entrance
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- West Portal Of Box Tunnel, London Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 829 689
- Coordinates
- 51.4189, -2.24691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The west portal of Box Tunnel is a tunnel entrance built around 1840 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway. It features a classical entrance made of ashlar stone, flanked by curving ashlar abutments. The central section projects and includes rusticated quoins, a heavy bracket cornice, and a top balustrade with a blank centre panel. The tunnel archway is moulded, with a console keystone and panelled spandrels. There are set back piers on each side, each with a simplified cornice and a plain parapet. This entrance leads to a 2,964 metre tunnel, which was constructed between 1836 and 1841 with a workforce that varied from 1,200 to 4,000 men, making it the longest tunnel on the Great Western Railway.
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