South Ventilation Shaft, Kilsby Tunnel is a Grade II* listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Ventilation shaft.
South Ventilation Shaft, Kilsby Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- third-parapet-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Ventilation shaft
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP57SE4 2/174
KILSBY LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY South ventilation shaft, Kilsby Tunnel
II*
Ventilation shaft. c.1838. Engineer Robert Stephenson. Random blue and red brick with stone dressings. Circular with square recesses around the base, machicolated stone frieze and castellated parapet. The London to Birmingham railway was built in 1833-38 under the supervision of Robert Stephenson. The Kilsby Tunnel was opened in 1838 and is approx. 2,194 metres long. The ventilation shafts were built from the top downwards, small portions of the wall being excavated at a time. The base of the shafts inside the tunnel are shown in lithographs by J.C. Bourne of c.1838 in The Science Museum, London. (J.C. Jeaffreson, Lofe of Robert Stephenson, 1864, Vol.1, p.201; D. Beckett, Stephenson's Britain, 1984, p.99).
Listing NGR: SP5740870300
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