Description

SD 52 SE WHITTLE-LE-WOODS WEST PORTAL OF WHITTLE HILLS
TUNNEL OF FORMER LANCASTER
3/179 CANAL

II

West portal of Whittle Hills tunnel of former Lancaster canal. 1801-1803; Engineer,
John Rennie. Rusticated rock-faced sandstone. Semicircular arch with rusticated
voussoirs and triple keystone, a roll-moulded band immediately above this carried
across battered piers to left and right; a large rectangular recess (on panel) in
the centre of the retaining wall above this band (as if for an inscription, but faced
with ashlar); parapet with rounded top. To each side, a curved sloped abutment of
similar masonry but with square copings.
History: Formed part of canal link between Leeds - Liverpool Canal at Johnsons Hillock
(q.v.) and Walton Summit.
Note: both portals redundant, the canal drained. Centre of tunnel collapsed and
was opened out,with new portals to central section c.1838 (of less interest).

Listing NGR: SD5833821860

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26330700

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6