Listed Building: South portal of Blisworth tunnel (1294177)

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Grade II
NHLE UID 1294177
Date assigned 15 March 1988
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Canal tunnel portal. c.1800, restored 1980. Red brick, patched with blue brick. Elliptical-arched portal, brick-coped parapet and band at base of parapet. Tunnel begun 1797 and opened 1805. One of the longest canal tunnels built and still in use (3,076 yards, 2,820 metres). (K. Falconer: Guide to Englands' Industrial Heritage, 1980, p167)

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Grid reference Centred SP 7389 5026 (14m by 5m)
Civil Parish STOKE BRUERNE, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

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Sep 6 2023 8:42AM

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