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
Country: England
Date first listed: 4 June 1952
Type: Canal tunnel entrance
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SO 90 SW SAPPERTON - at NGR 944033

1/76 North entrance to Sapperton Canal 4.6.52 Tunnel

Entrance to canal tunnel under Sapperton Hill, built 1784-89 to link the Thames and Severn Canal. Engineer Josiah Clowes. Originally had Gothic castellations, now disappeared. Round arch with V-joint voussoirs and dropped triple keystone under plat band. Squared masonry with end and centre pilaster strips. The world's longest tunnel at time of construction. (D J Viner, The Thames and Severn Canal, 1975.)

Listing NGR: SO9439403320

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