West Portal to Hincaster Tunnel Hincaster, England

Listed Building Data

West Portal to Hincaster Tunnel has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1086578
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
17 August 1978
Name
WEST PORTAL TO HINCASTER TUNNEL
Location
WEST PORTAL TO HINCASTER TUNNEL, WELL HEADS LANE
Parish
Hincaster
District
South Lakeland
County
Cumbria
Grid Reference
SD 50922 85084
Easting
350922.0000
Northing
485084.0000

Listed Building Description

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SD 58 NW HINCASTER WELL HEADS LANE (off West side) 2/9 West Portal to 17.8.78 Hincaster Tunnel

II

Portal to canal tunnel. Completed Christmas day 1817. By John Fletcher, engineer. Tooled, dressed limestone with limestone string and coping and rounded fender course. Horseshoe arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystone flanked by tapering pilasters. Blank panel above probably intended for inscription. Canal now dry.

Listing NGR: SD5092285084