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Wansford Railway Tunnel Circa 500 Metres West of Wansford Station

A Grade II Listed Building in Sibson-cum-Stibbington, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5668 / 52°34'0"N

Longitude: -0.3942 / 0°23'39"W

OS Eastings: 508934

OS Northings: 297766

OS Grid: TL089977

Mapcode National: GBR GYC.34Q

Mapcode Global: WHGMB.XRF2

Plus Code: 9C4XHJ84+P8

Entry Name: Wansford Railway Tunnel Circa 500 Metres West of Wansford Station

Listing Date: 16 November 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1274860

English Heritage Legacy ID: 414077

ID on this website: 101274860

Location: Sibson, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, PE8

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Huntingdonshire

Civil Parish: Sibson-cum-Stibbington

Traditional County: Huntingdonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Castor with Upton and Stibbington and Water Newton

Church of England Diocese: Peterborough

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Description


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

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