Railway Arch Over Sunken Horse Path and Retaining Walls to South West of East Portal in Hincaster Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 1978. Railway bridge.

Railway Arch Over Sunken Horse Path and Retaining Walls to South West of East Portal in Hincaster Tunnel

WRENN ID
tall-window-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 August 1978
Type
Railway bridge
Address
Railway Arch Over Sunken Horse Path and Retaining Walls to South West of East Portal in Hincaster Tunnel, Well Heads Lane
OS grid reference
SD 512 851
Coordinates
54.25933, -2.74987
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a railway arch built around 1846, designed by engineer Joseph Locke, which spans a sunken horse path and includes retaining walls to the southwest of the east portal of Hincaster Tunnel. The structure features roughly dressed rusticated limestone walls and a parapet, with a dressed limestone keystone and a band that ramps at right angles to form the coping on the east side's retaining walls. The west side has rubble retaining walls, and the arch has a brick barrel vault. The openings have a semi-circular head, with the west end being lower in height due to the sloping footpath.

Local climate

Railway Arch Over Sunken Horse Path and Retaining Walls to South West of East Portal in Hincaster Tunnel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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