PORTAL TO NORTH ENTRANCE OF BRAMHOPE RAILWAY TUNNEL AT SE 255 438
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1253370
Date first listed: 07-Apr-1988
Statutory Address: PORTAL TO NORTH ENTRANCE OF BRAMHOPE RAILWAY TUNNEL AT SE 255 438
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Location
Statutory Address: PORTAL TO NORTH ENTRANCE OF BRAMHOPE RAILWAY TUNNEL AT SE 255 438
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish: Bramhope
National Grid Reference: SE 25572 43797
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
BRAMHOPE
SE 24 SE
LS 16
6/96 Portal to north
- entrance of Bramhope
railway tunnel
at SE 255 438
- II
Portal to north entrance of tunnel on Leeds to Thirsk Railway. 1845 to 1849.
Engineer Thomas Grainger. Rock-faced sandstone. Gothic style, with side
tower and turrets. Horseshoe archway, with bolection-moulded surround and
large figured keystone, machicolated cornice, parapet of plain slabs each
with a square hole, central raised cop framing a cartouche with wheatsheaf,
fleece and fish emblems. To the left a large cylindrical tower of 3 stages
defined by string courses, with round-headed windows in each stage,
machicolated cornice and high embattled parapet with blind cruciform loops.
To the right a smaller octagonal tower on a square base, with similar loops,
and corbelled battlements. Retaining wall continued on each side of these
towers, that on the right with a quadrant terminating in a turret, that on
the left straight and probably similarly terminated (end concealed by
vegetation). Note: memorial to workmen killed during the
construction of this tunnel, in form of a model of it, in churchyard of Otley
Parish Church, Otley.
Listing NGR: SE2557243797
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 436540
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