North York Moors Railway Pedestrian Subway Approximately 110 Metres Long
NORTH YORK MOORS RAILWAY PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY APPROXIMATELY 110 METRES LONG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1148752
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1989
- List Entry Name:
- North York Moors Railway Pedestrian Subway Approximately 110 Metres Long
- Statutory Address:
- NORTH YORK MOORS RAILWAY PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY APPROXIMATELY 110 METRES LONG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1148752
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1989
- List Entry Name:
- North York Moors Railway Pedestrian Subway Approximately 110 Metres Long
- Statutory Address 1:
- NORTH YORK MOORS RAILWAY PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY APPROXIMATELY 110 METRES LONG
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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:
- NORTH YORK MOORS RAILWAY PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY APPROXIMATELY 110 METRES LONG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Grosmont
- National Park:
- North York Moors
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ8282105070
Details
NZ 80 NW
3/138
GROSMONT
NORTH YORK MOORS RAILWAY
Pedestrian Subway approximately one hundred and ten metres long
GV
II*
Tramway tunnel, now pedestrian subway. c.1834. By George Stephenson for the Whitby and
Pickering Railway Company. Bordered tooled sandstone. North entrance:
battered retaining wall contains single round-arched entrance between
tapering cylindrical turrets on tall chamfered bases. Machicolated cornice
with castellated parapet runs above arch between turrets which have flat
circular caps. Retaining wall to east curves against hillside and
terminates in low cylindrical pier with machicolated flat cap. Wall west
of arch dies into hillside. South entrance: repeats north entrance without
castellated parapet above arch. The subway was originally the horse
tramway tunnel on the Whitby to Pickering railway line and became obsolete
c.1847 when superseded by a steam tunnel (q.v.) built alongside by the York
and North Midland Railway Company.
Listing NGR: NZ8282105070
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 327614
- 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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