Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5639NE PARK TUNNEL
646-1/19/483 Park Tunnel

GV II

Tunnel carriage drive, now a footway, connecting the Park
Estate with Derby Road. Begun 1844, and completed 1855 by TC
Hine of Nottingham for the fifth Duke of Newcastle.
Round-arched, unlined rock-cut tunnel, approx. 125m long. The
Derby Road entrance is covered by late C20 buildings.
In the centre, a large light shaft with rounded ends, approx
25m x 10m, with rock-faced stone lining and parapet walls,
with chamfered ashlar coping. At the north end, a stone winder
stair with stone piers and renewed iron handrails, leading to
a gateway on Upper College Street.
This building is an important feature of the Park Estate
development, largely directed by TC Hine as surveyor to the
Newcastle Estates.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London:
1979-: 246; Get to know Nottingham: Brand K: Thomas Chambers
Hine ; an architect of Victorian Nottingham: Nottingham: 14 &
16).

Listing NGR: SK5653339963

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Park Tunnel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q64138919

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)