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Hog Hill Tunnel South Entrance

A Grade II Listed Building in Stanhope, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.7585 / 54°45'30"N

Longitude: -2.0131 / 2°0'47"W

OS Eastings: 399254

OS Northings: 540393

OS Grid: NY992403

Mapcode National: GBR GFCF.Z0

Mapcode Global: WHB3D.1NNF

Plus Code: 9C6VQX5P+9Q

Entry Name: Hog Hill Tunnel South Entrance

Listing Date: 5 June 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1278789

English Heritage Legacy ID: 404894

ID on this website: 101278789

Location: Crawleyside, County Durham, DL13

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Stanhope

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Stanhope and Rookhope

Church of England Diocese: Durham

Tagged with: Architectural structure Tunnel portal

Description


STANHOPE B6278(West side,off) NY 94 SE NY 992403 Stanhope 11/135 Hog Hill Tunnel south entrance

GV II

Railway tunnel entrance arch. 1832-3 by T.E. Harrison, with R. Stephenson as consultant engineer, for Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Company. Sandstone rubble with ashlar arch. High, flat-coped retaining wall containing keyed arch with voussoirs; date stone above arch inscribed 1833 in large Roman numerals.

Source: Tomlinson North Eastern Railways 2nd ed. K. Hoole, 1967, p.214; G. Whittle The Railways of Consett and North-West Durham 1971 p.16.

Listing NGR: NY9925440393

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