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Latitude: 52.872 / 52°52'19"N
Longitude: -1.2656 / 1°15'56"W
OS Eastings: 449529
OS Northings: 330757
OS Grid: SK495307
Mapcode National: GBR 7H1.YN8
Mapcode Global: WHDH9.J2KK
Plus Code: 9C4WVPCM+RQ
Entry Name: Redhill Tunnel North Portal
Listing Date: 5 May 1981
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1260025
English Heritage Legacy ID: 441835
ID on this website: 101260025
Location: Trentlock, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, NG11
County: Nottinghamshire
District: Rushcliffe
Civil Parish: Thrumpton
Traditional County: Nottinghamshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire
Church of England Parish: Thrumpton
Church of England Diocese: Southwell and Nottingham
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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THRUMPTON
THRUMPTON HALL PARK
Redhill Tunnel North Portal
5.5.81
II
Pair of tunnel entrances. East tunnel 1840, west tunnel 1875 with architectural treatment 1875. Engineers Thomas Jackson Woodhouse and Charles Vignoles (1840) and J.S. Crossley and J. A. McDonald (1875).
Rock-face ashlar. East entrance with castellated and machicolated parapet rising over a single central shield. To the right is a single octagonal castellated turret with corbel table and decorated with a single slit ventilator. To the right is a single smaller circular castellated turret with corbel table and decorated with single decorative arrow loop. Either side are single lower sections of wall with similar parapets. The west entrance with similar parapet to the left is a single similar octagonal turret and to the right a single similar circular turret. Either side are sections of stepped castellated wall terminating in single similar smaller circular turrets. All turrets being wider at the base.
Midland Counties Railway opened 5 May 1840. Midland Railway widened between Trent and Leicester 1875. Pevsner claims the original portal of 1839 had one tower and it was copied to make a symmetrical composition in 1901 when the line doubled.
Listing NGR: SK4952930757
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