Bruce Tunnel, East Portal is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1988. A Georgian Tunnel portal.
Bruce Tunnel, East Portal
- WRENN ID
- graven-terrace-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1988
- Type
- Tunnel portal
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Bruce Tunnel, East Portal, Savernake Road, Burbage
- OS grid reference
- SU 237 631
- Coordinates
- 51.36663, -1.65981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bruce Tunnel, East Portal, is an early 19th-century structure located on the Kennet and Avon Canal, built in 1810. It is constructed of red brick in English bond and features stone coping. The portal has a concave shape and a pointed parabolic arch made of 45-centimeter brick. Above the entrance is a large slate slab supported by paired slate corbels. The slab is inscribed with a dedication to the Right Honourable Thomas Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury, and his son Charles, Lord Bruce, acknowledging their support for the canal project, which established direct water communication between London and Bristol. At the time of the survey in January 1987, the slate inscription was noted to be in need of repair and consolidation.
Local climate
Bruce Tunnel, East Portal receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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