Listed Building: South entrance to Kilsby Railway tunnel (5/175)

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Grade II*
NHLE UID 1354762
Date assigned 11 March 1987
Date last amended

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Tunnel entrance c.1838. Limestone ashlar. Parabolic arch with moulded stone surround and machiolated cornice. Walls extending back on either side framing tunnel entrance, brick with stone coping. Kilsby Tunnel, 2,194 metres long, part of the London to Birmingham railway, was built in 1833-38 under the supervision of Robert Stephenson.

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Grid reference Centred SP 5786 6973 (22m by 20m)
Civil Parish KILSBY, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

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Jun 10 2021 2:27PM

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