East Portal to Hincaster Tunnel and Accommodation Bridge Over Sunken Horse Path is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 1978. Tunnel portal, accommodation bridge. 1 related planning application.

East Portal to Hincaster Tunnel and Accommodation Bridge Over Sunken Horse Path

WRENN ID
keen-frieze-thunder
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
Tunnel portal, accommodation bridge
Address
East Portal to Hincaster Tunnel and Accommodation Bridge Over Sunken Horse Path, Well Heads Lane, LA7 7ND
OS grid reference
SD 512 851
Coordinates
54.25947, -2.74963
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The East Portal to Hincaster Tunnel and Accommodation Bridge over a sunken horse path is a Grade II listed structure completed on Christmas Day in 1817. Designed by engineer Thomas Fletcher, it features tooled, dressed limestone with a limestone string course, coping, and a rounded fender course. The opening to the canal tunnel has a horseshoe arch made of rusticated voussoirs and a keystone, flanked by tapering pilasters. There is a blank panel above the arch that was likely intended for an inscription. The accommodation bridge also has a horseshoe opening with rusticated voussoirs and a keystone. The canal is now dry.

Local climate

East Portal to Hincaster Tunnel and Accommodation Bridge Over Sunken Horse Path 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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