North Entrance to Sapperton Canal Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Canal tunnel entrance.
North Entrance to Sapperton Canal Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- winter-cellar-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- Canal tunnel entrance
- OS grid reference
- SO 943 033
- Coordinates
- 51.72857, -2.08256
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The north entrance to the Sapperton Canal Tunnel is a significant structure built between 1784 and 1789 to connect the Thames and Severn Canal. Designed by engineer Josiah Clowes, this entrance originally featured Gothic castellations, which have since been removed. It showcases a round arch made of V-joint voussoirs and a dropped triple keystone beneath a plat band. The structure is constructed from squared masonry and includes end and center pilaster strips. At the time of its completion, it was the world's longest tunnel.
Local climate
North Entrance to Sapperton Canal Tunnel receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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