North Entrance to Sapperton Canal Tunnel

NORTH ENTRANCE TO SAPPERTON CANAL TUNNEL

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1089674
Date first listed:
04-Jun-1952
Statutory Address:
NORTH ENTRANCE TO SAPPERTON CANAL TUNNEL
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1089674
Date first listed:
04-Jun-1952
Statutory Address 1:
NORTH ENTRANCE TO SAPPERTON CANAL TUNNEL

Location

Statutory Address:
NORTH ENTRANCE TO SAPPERTON CANAL TUNNEL

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

County:
Gloucestershire
District:
Cotswold (District Authority)
Parish:
Sapperton
National Grid Reference:
SO 94394 03320

Details

SO 90 SW SAPPERTON - at NGR 944033

1/76 North entrance to Sapperton Canal 4.6.52 Tunnel

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Entrance to canal tunnel under Sapperton Hill, built 1784-89 to link the Thames and Severn Canal. Engineer Josiah Clowes. Originally had Gothic castellations, now disappeared. Round arch with V-joint voussoirs and dropped triple keystone under plat band. Squared masonry with end and centre pilaster strips. The world's longest tunnel at time of construction. (D J Viner, The Thames and Severn Canal, 1975.)

Listing NGR: SO9439403320

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Viner, D J, The Thames and Severn Canal, (1975)

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