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Latitude: 52.3967 / 52°23'48"N
Longitude: -1.4887 / 1°29'19"W
OS Eastings: 434886
OS Northings: 277752
OS Grid: SP348777
Mapcode National: GBR HKR.ZW
Mapcode Global: VHBX5.41T1
Plus Code: 9C4W9GW6+MG
Entry Name: Humber Road Tunnel north portal
Listing Date: 21 December 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1431172
ID on this website: 101431172
Location: Pinley Gardens, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3
County: Coventry
Electoral Ward/Division: Lower Stoke
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Coventry
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands
Church of England Parish: Coventry, All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: Architectural structure
A tunnel portal dating from c.1838.
A tunnel portal dating from c.1838.
MATERIALS: The tunnel portal is constructed of stone.
PLAN: The portal faces north and is roughly elliptical in plan.
DESCRIPTION: The portal consists of a central round arched opening with flanking retaining walls. The portal surround has an inner band of zigzag decoration with an outer band of scalloped and plain mouldings. The stone of the retaining wall is tooled ashlar, laid in regular courses and capped with large stones.
The London and Birmingham Railway was established in the 1830s to build the railway line between London and Birmingham, with Robert Stephenson appointed as the company's chief engineer. This was to be the first main line railway between London and another major city. The first parts of the line were opened in 1837, with the remainder opening in 1838.
Much of the line was widened during the 1960s, but this work did not reach beyond Rugby. This tunnel, which is approximately 140 metres south west of Humber Road, then called Folly Lane, is thought to date from the original construction of the railway, c.1838. It is now approached from the north through a later tunnel underneath the Coventry Loop Line which opened in 1914. This line is no longer in use.
The Humber Road Tunnel North Portal, dating from c.1838, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Date: it dates from the pioneering phase of railway development and survives substantially intact;
* Architectural interest: the portal displays a remarkable level of architectural detail for a structure of its type.
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