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Latitude: 51.3236 / 51°19'24"N
Longitude: -2.3716 / 2°22'17"W
OS Eastings: 374203
OS Northings: 158343
OS Grid: ST742583
Mapcode National: GBR 0R2.TFX
Mapcode Global: VH96S.VZ3Q
Plus Code: 9C3V8JFH+C9
Entry Name: South West Entrance to Wellow Tunnel, 20 Yards to North West of Church Farm
Listing Date: 19 October 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1320467
English Heritage Legacy ID: 32365
ID on this website: 101320467
Location: Wellow, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA2
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Civil Parish: Wellow
Built-Up Area: Wellow
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Agricultural structure
ST 7458 WELLOW C.P. HIGH STREET
(South side)
12/27
South-west entrance to
G.V. Wellow Tunnel, 20 yards to
north-west of Church Farm
II
South-west entrance to Wellow Tunnel. Circa 1800 for the Somersetshire Coal
Canal. The survey for the canal was William Smith "the Father of British Geology",
under the supervision of John Rennie. The engineer was William Bennet.
Coursed, squared rubble with freestone dressings. Semi-circular arch with
keystone. Band. Pilaster strips to either side and high coped parapet. The
interior of the tunnel is masonry lined. The southern (Midford-Radstock) branch
of the Somersetshire Coal Canal was completed in 1798 but was abandoned in 1815
when a tramway was laid along it.
Listing NGR: ST7420158342
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