Woodley Tunnel, North Portal at SJ 9360 9221 on Peak Forest Canal
WOODLEY TUNNEL, NORTH PORTAL AT SJ 9360 9221 ON PEAK FOREST CANAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1117081
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Woodley Tunnel, North Portal at SJ 9360 9221 on Peak Forest Canal
- Statutory Address:
- WOODLEY TUNNEL, NORTH PORTAL AT SJ 9360 9221 ON PEAK FOREST CANAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1117081
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Woodley Tunnel, North Portal at SJ 9360 9221 on Peak Forest Canal
- Statutory Address 1:
- WOODLEY TUNNEL, NORTH PORTAL AT SJ 9360 9221 ON PEAK FOREST CANAL
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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.
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:
- WOODLEY TUNNEL, NORTH PORTAL AT SJ 9360 9221 ON PEAK FOREST CANAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Stockport (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 93587 92190
Details
SJ 99 SW MARPLE PEAK FOREST CANAL Woodley
1/10004 Woodley Tunnel, north portal at SJ 9360 9221
- II
North portal to canal tunnel. 1794-1801 with C20 alterations. Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown engineers. Coursed millstone grit, ashlar band, coping and voussoirs. Almost round headed arch - slight skew. Cobbled access up to Hyde Road at North portal. The interior has C20 cement rendering to tunnel vault and the cobbled towpath has been replaced with concrete: steel rails. NB Tunnel goes under Hyde road necessitating concrete embanking/buttressing adjacent to portal. This is one of three original tunnels on the Peak Forest canal and it is 176 yds in length. South portal is listed separately.
Listing NGR: SJ9358792190
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 442243
- 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.
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