Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall
Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall, Trent and Mersey Canal
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1038558
- Date first listed:
- 22-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall
- Statutory Address:
- Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall, Trent and Mersey Canal
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1038558
- Date first listed:
- 22-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall, Trent and Mersey Canal
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Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall, Trent and Mersey Canal
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Newcastle-under-Lyme (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kidsgrove
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 83737 54176
Details
SJ 85 SW
5/71
KIDSGROVE CP
TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL,
Harecastle tunnel portals and attached retaining wall
GV
II
Canal tunnel portals and retaining wall. 1766-67 by James Brindley and 1824-27 by Thomas Telford. Brown brick with stone coping. Brindley's entrance is set back to the right and comprises a single rounded arch. Telford's entrance to the left is also rounded and has a rusticated surround. The two portals are linked by a C19 retaining wall which continues on the left-hand side of Telford's entrance, flanking the east side of the canal for approximately 100 yards. It has regularly spaced pilaster buttresses, and links the former portals to Bridge No. 132 (q.v.).
Listing NGR: SJ8373754176
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 273355
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hadfield, C, The Canals of the West Midlands, (1985)
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974), 162
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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