NORTH ENTRANCE TO WELLLOW TUNNEL, 100 YARDS TO NORTH OF WHITE BAINES, BULL'S HILL
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1158774
Date first listed: 19-Oct-1983
Statutory Address: NORTH ENTRANCE TO WELLLOW TUNNEL, 100 YARDS TO NORTH OF WHITE BAINES, BULL'S HILL
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Location
Statutory Address: NORTH ENTRANCE TO WELLLOW TUNNEL, 100 YARDS TO NORTH OF WHITE BAINES, BULL'S HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Wellow
National Grid Reference: ST 74265 58431
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
ST 7458 WELLOW C.P.
12/65 North entrance to Wellow
Tunnel, 100 yards to north
of White Baines, Bull's
Hill
II
North entrance to Wellow Tunnel. Circa 1800 for Somersetshire Coal Canal. The
surveyor for the canal was William Smith, "the Father of British Geology", under
the supervision of John Rennie. The engineer was William Bennet. Coursed,
squared rubble with freestone dressings. Semi-circular arch with keystone.
Band. Pilaster strips to either side and high coped parapet. The interior of
the tunnel is masonry lined. The southern (Midford-Radstock) branch of the Coal
Canal was completed in 1798 but was abandoned in 1815 when a tramway was laid
along it.
Listing NGR: ST7426458430
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 32411
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