Grand Union Canal West Entrance To Braunston Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. A Industrial Tunnel entrance.

Grand Union Canal West Entrance To Braunston Tunnel

WRENN ID: ghost-solder-ebony
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: West Northamptonshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 March 1987
Type: Tunnel entrance
Period: Industrial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

BRAUNSTON GRAND UNION CANAL SP56NE 5/80 West Entrance to Braunston Tunnel

Tunnel entrance. Late C18. James Barnes and William Jessop Engineers. Arch and flanking walls rendered brick, the brickwork exposed on right side of the parapet. Rendered string course at the base of the parapet. The tunnel is 2045 yards long and was opened in 1796. The Grand Junction Canal was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1793. In 1929 it was taken over by the Grand Union Canal Company and the name was changed. (A.H. Faulkner: The Grand Junction Canal, 1972, p.35-36).

Listing NGR: SP5571065473

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