Wansford Railway Tunnel Circa 500 Metres West of Wansford Station
WANSFORD RAILWAY TUNNEL CIRCA 500 METRES WEST OF WANSFORD STATION, OLD GREAT NORTH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1274860
- Date first listed:
- 16-Nov-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Wansford Railway Tunnel Circa 500 Metres West of Wansford Station
- Statutory Address:
- WANSFORD RAILWAY TUNNEL CIRCA 500 METRES WEST OF WANSFORD STATION, OLD GREAT NORTH ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1274860
- Date first listed:
- 16-Nov-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Wansford Railway Tunnel Circa 500 Metres West of Wansford Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- WANSFORD RAILWAY TUNNEL CIRCA 500 METRES WEST OF WANSFORD STATION, OLD GREAT NORTH ROAD
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.
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:
- WANSFORD RAILWAY TUNNEL CIRCA 500 METRES WEST OF WANSFORD STATION, OLD GREAT NORTH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Huntingdonshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sibson-cum-Stibbington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 08934 97766
Details
SIBSON-CUM-STIBBINGTON OLD GREAT NORTH ROAD, TL 09 NE Sibson (West Side) 1/109 Wansford Railway Tunnel c.500 metres west of Wansford Station II Railway tunnel. Completed June 1845 for L.N.W.R. Northampton - Peterborough line by Jones of Sheffield. Coursed rock faced limestone and freestone dressings to embankment walls, brick lined tunnel. Romanesque details to round arch of west portal with two roll-moulded and chamfered orders springing from attached columns with cushion capitals. Single track line with pedestrian side walk to south side. The tunnel was constructed in seventeen months by 1,000 navvies camped in a disused quarry in the parish of Elton.
Waszak, P. Wansford Station, Nene Valley Railway International, Vols. 6-10
Listing NGR: TL0893497766
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 414077
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Waszak, P, Nene Valley Railway Magazine in Wansford Station, Vol. 10, (), 0
Waszak, P, Nene Valley Railway Magazine in Wansford Station, Vol. 10, (), 0
Waszak, P, Nene Valley Railway Magazine in Wansford Station, Vol. 10, (), 0
Waszak, P, Nene Valley Railway Magazine in Wansford Station, Vol. 10, (), 0
Waszak, P, Nene Valley Railway Magazine in Wansford Station, Vol. 10, (), 0
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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