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Cross Street Tunnel and Archways

A Grade II Listed Building in Chirk, Wrexham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9618 / 52°57'42"N

Longitude: -3.0754 / 3°4'31"W

OS Eastings: 327863

OS Northings: 341035

OS Grid: SJ278410

Mapcode National: GBR 72.KHGK

Mapcode Global: WH785.QTQ8

Plus Code: 9C4RXW6F+PV

Entry Name: Cross Street Tunnel and Archways

Listing Date: 1 October 2007

Last Amended: 1 October 2007

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 87549

ID on this website: 300087549

Location: Runs beneath Llangollen Canal, about half way between Froncysyllte and Pentre

County: Wrexham

Community: Chirk (Y Waun)

Community: Chirk

Locality: Cross Street

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Tunnel Road tunnel

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History

Probably late C18. An Act to construct the Ellesmere canal, linking the Rivers Dee, Mersey, and Severn was passed in 1793. The engineer was Thomas Telford under the more experienced Principal Engineer, William Jessop. Construction began on the major aqueducts to North and to South of this section in 1795, and navigation began in 1802 when the section of the canal from Chirk to Froncysyllte opened.

Exterior

Tunnel with stone portals, probably late C18. Rubble, with voussoirs to elliptical arches on N and S sides of embankment of canal and tow-path. The tunnel lining has been rendered.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a distinctive feature of canal engineering and for its Group Value with other listed items on the Llangollen Canal.

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