SAPPERTON CANAL TUNNEL (SOUTH ENTRANCE) ON FORMER THAMES AND SEVERN CANAL

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1089301
Date first listed:
04-Jun-1952
Statutory Address:
SAPPERTON CANAL TUNNEL (SOUTH ENTRANCE) ON FORMER THAMES AND SEVERN CANAL

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Location

Statutory Address:
SAPPERTON CANAL TUNNEL (SOUTH ENTRANCE) ON FORMER THAMES AND SEVERN CANAL

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

County:
Gloucestershire
District:
Cotswold (District Authority)
Parish:
Coates
National Grid Reference:
SO9661500601

Details

COATES - SO 90 SE at NGR 96620058 2/1 Sapperton Canal Tunnel (south entrance) on former Thames and Severn Canal 4.6.52 (formerly listed in Sapperton Parish) GV II * South entrance to Sapperton Canal Tunnel. 1789, restored in c1980, bronze inscription plaque in centre reads: "Coates Portal Sapperton Tunnel 1789/" (rest indecipherable). Engineer Robert Whitworth. Rock faced and vermiculated masonry in very large blocks, coursed, with freestone dressings. Semi-circular arch about 1.5m high at apex from towpath, with keystone and voussoirs set into band. Flanking arch are round- headed niches with blind roundel over, engaged Doric columns with entablature rising to string course running across top with brackets below. Domed cap above, over each column and central nearly square panel with scrolled decoration to each side and moulded cornice in shape of very shallow pediment. Face of portal breaks forward to outer side of columns. At time of construction this was the longest tunnel in the world.

Listing NGR: SO9661500601

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
129293
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

End of official listing

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Date: 29 Aug 2001
Reference: IOE01/03279/23
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