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Latitude: 52.3964 / 52°23'46"N
Longitude: -1.4889 / 1°29'19"W
OS Eastings: 434876
OS Northings: 277719
OS Grid: SP348777
Mapcode National: GBR HKR.YZ
Mapcode Global: VHBX5.41R8
Plus Code: 9C4W9GW6+HF
Entry Name: Humber Road Tunnel south portal
Listing Date: 21 December 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1431173
ID on this website: 101431173
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 portal is constructed entirely of stone.
PLAN: The portal faces south and is roughly elliptical in plan.
DESCRIPTION: The tunnel portal has a central, arched opening constructed in stone. 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. The tunnel at Humber Road, then called Folly Lane, is thought to date from the original construction of the railway, c.1838.
The Humber Road Tunnel South 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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