Description

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TQ 2550 SW
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TUNNEL ROAD
The Tunnel

II

Road tunnel. Dated 1823. By William Constable turnpike surveyor (1783-1861). Gault brick in Flemish bond to entrances; Redbrick in stretcher bond to tunnel. south entrance: tall round archway with two stages of blind, five-bay, round-arched arcading over the lower stage with datestone to centre; flanking buttresses with ashlar offsets at each stage; embattled parapet with pitched ashlar coping. North entrance similar, but because it is at the higher end of the sloping tunnel the archway is shorter and above it is only one stage of arcading; no parapet, but red-brick coping. Tunnel: a blind segmental-arched arcade to each side with doorways to former chambers (mostly blocked); barrel vault.

Listing NGR: TQ2535050343

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Reigate Tunnel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26534247

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