East Portal Of Middlehill Tunnel is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1985. Railway tunnel.
East Portal Of Middlehill Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- iron-outpost-hemlock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1985
- Type
- Railway tunnel
- Address
- East Portal Of Middlehill Tunnel, Box
- OS grid reference
- ST 821 687
- Coordinates
- 51.41756, -2.25855
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The East Portal of Middlehill Tunnel is a railway tunnel entrance built in 1840 by I.K. Brunel for the Great Western Railway. It features ashlar stonework with some later brick refacing. The entrance has a classical archway made of ashlar, flanked by curving retaining walls that have been refaced in brick and end in circular piers. The main arch is rusticated and has a heavy moulded console keystone, set back between the piers, each of which has a recessed panel featuring massive fasces. There is an elemental Doric cornice that breaks forward over the piers, along with an ashlar parapet that has a moulded cornice. The design of this portal is identical to that of the West Portal.
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