North York Moors Railway Pedestrian Subway Approximately 110 Metres Long is a Grade II* listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. A Industrial Pedestrian subway.
North York Moors Railway Pedestrian Subway Approximately 110 Metres Long
- WRENN ID
- worn-lancet-peregrine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1989
- Type
- Pedestrian subway
- Period
- Industrial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 80 NW 3/138
GROSMONT NORTH YORK MOORS RAILWAY Pedestrian Subway approximately one hundred and ten metres long
GV II*
Tramway tunnel, now pedestrian subway. c.1834. By George Stephenson for the Whitby and Pickering Railway Company. Bordered tooled sandstone. North entrance: battered retaining wall contains single round-arched entrance between tapering cylindrical turrets on tall chamfered bases. Machicolated cornice with castellated parapet runs above arch between turrets which have flat circular caps. Retaining wall to east curves against hillside and terminates in low cylindrical pier with machicolated flat cap. Wall west of arch dies into hillside. South entrance: repeats north entrance without castellated parapet above arch. The subway was originally the horse tramway tunnel on the Whitby to Pickering railway line and became obsolete c.1847 when superseded by a steam tunnel (q.v.) built alongside by the York and North Midland Railway Company.
Listing NGR: NZ8282105070
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