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

EAST PORTAL TO HINCASTER TUNNEL AND ACCOMMODATION BRIDGE OVER SUNKEN HORSE PATH, WELL HEADS LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1086575
Date first listed:
17-Aug-1978
Statutory Address:
EAST PORTAL TO HINCASTER TUNNEL AND ACCOMMODATION BRIDGE OVER SUNKEN HORSE PATH, WELL HEADS LANE
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Date:
2002-04-16
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1086575
Date first listed:
17-Aug-1978
Statutory Address 1:
EAST PORTAL TO HINCASTER TUNNEL AND ACCOMMODATION BRIDGE OVER SUNKEN HORSE PATH, WELL HEADS LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
EAST PORTAL TO HINCASTER TUNNEL AND ACCOMMODATION BRIDGE OVER SUNKEN HORSE PATH, WELL HEADS LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Hincaster
National Grid Reference:
SD5126585125

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/08/2017

SD 58 NW
2/6

HINCASTER
WELL HEADS LANE (off West side)
East Portal to Hincaster tunnel and Accommodation Bridge over sunken Horse Path

17.8.78

II
Formerly listed as two items.
Portal to canal tunnel and accommodation bridge over sunken horse path. Completed Christmas day 1817. By Thomas Fletcher, engineer. Tooled, dressed limestone with limestone string and coping and rounded fender course. Opening to canal tunnel has horseshoe arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystone flanked by tapering pilasters. Blank panel above probably intended for inscription. Accommodation bridge has horseshoe opening with rusticated voussoirs and keystone. Canal now dry.


Listing NGR: SD5126585125

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76442
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