Grand Union Canal North Entrance to Crick Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Tunnel entrance.
Grand Union Canal North Entrance to Crick Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-shingle-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Tunnel entrance
- OS grid reference
- SP 594 721
- Coordinates
- 52.34381, -1.12837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The north entrance to Crick Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal is an early 19th-century structure designed by engineer James Barnes. It features a red brick parapet that has been patched with blue brick and is partly rendered, topped with a stone coping. The arch is framed by flat pilasters, and the flanking walls, which are also partly rendered brick, curve forward slightly and end with flat buttresses. There is a blocked opening with a rendered lintel in the center of the parapet, and a brick string course runs along the base of the parapet. The tunnel itself was opened in 1814 and measures 1,528 yards in length.
Local climate
Grand Union Canal North Entrance to Crick Tunnel receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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