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Latitude: 53.7228 / 53°43'21"N
Longitude: -1.8502 / 1°51'0"W
OS Eastings: 409980
OS Northings: 425160
OS Grid: SE099251
Mapcode National: GBR HTJD.77
Mapcode Global: WHC9M.KP5F
Plus Code: 9C5WP4FX+4W
Entry Name: Western Portal to Beacon Hill Railway Tunnel
Listing Date: 28 September 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1138787
English Heritage Legacy ID: 447655
ID on this website: 101138787
Location: Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3
County: Calderdale
Electoral Ward/Division: Town
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Halifax The Minster Church of St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Architectural structure Tunnel portal
SE 0925 SE 679-/10/10040 Westem Portal to Beacon Hill Ralilway Tunnel II Tunnel portal. Built 1849 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings. Neo-Norman style. Central round arched portal with 2 circular piers supporting a double arch. The inner arch has simplified dogtooth moulding and the outer arch has simplified beakhead moulding. This portal is set back, and the outer walls are battered with large raised quoins at the inner corners, the outer ends have hexagonal corner turrets with arrow slits. The whole facade is topped by a plain projecting parapet supported on small round arches with plain corbels.
Listing NGR: SE0998025160
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