Description

BRAMHOPE
SE 24 SE
LS 16
6/96 Portal to north
- entrance of Bramhope
railway tunnel
at SE 255 438
- II

Portal to north entrance of tunnel on Leeds to Thirsk Railway. 1845 to 1849.
Engineer Thomas Grainger. Rock-faced sandstone. Gothic style, with side
tower and turrets. Horseshoe archway, with bolection-moulded surround and
large figured keystone, machicolated cornice, parapet of plain slabs each
with a square hole, central raised cop framing a cartouche with wheatsheaf,
fleece and fish emblems. To the left a large cylindrical tower of 3 stages
defined by string courses, with round-headed windows in each stage,
machicolated cornice and high embattled parapet with blind cruciform loops.
To the right a smaller octagonal tower on a square base, with similar loops,
and corbelled battlements. Retaining wall continued on each side of these
towers, that on the right with a quadrant terminating in a turret, that on
the left straight and probably similarly terminated (end concealed by
vegetation). Note: memorial to workmen killed during the
construction of this tunnel, in form of a model of it, in churchyard of Otley
Parish Church, Otley.

Listing NGR: SE2557243797

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545128

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)