Building record 502/1/5 - South entrance to Crick Tunnel
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{1} Tunnel entrance. Early C19. James Barnes engineer. Blue and red brick, with stone coping. Arch framed by flat buttresses. Flanking brick walls curve forward slightly ending with similar buttresses. Blocked opening with flat arched brick frame in centre of parapet. Brick string course at base of parapet. The tunnel was opened in 1814 and is 1528 yards long. (A.H. Faulkner, The Grand Junction Canal, 1972, p.188).
{3} Opened in 1814. 1397m long, brick lined, without towpath or ventilation shafts.
{5} Undated photo;
<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/126 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.
<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F04 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.
<3> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, NIAG Industrial Gazetteer, (draft part checked) (Draft). SNN101121.
<4> Starmer G.H., 1996, Some Transport Features Between Weedon and Junction 18 On The M1, (unchecked) (Report). SNN3582.
<5> Photographs of buildings in Crick (Photographs). SNN111613.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SNN102353 Digital archive: Clews Architects. 1980s. Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire. h:heritage\smr\historic buildings database. historic.mdb. Clews Architects. 2/126 (checked).
- <2> SNN44900 Catalogue: List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"). Daventry District. Dept. of Environment. F04 (unchecked).
- <3> SNN101121 Draft: Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group. 2001. NIAG Industrial Gazetteer. (draft part checked).
- <4> SNN3582 Report: Starmer G.H.. 1996. Some Transport Features Between Weedon and Junction 18 On The M1. N.I.A.G.. (unchecked).
- <5> SNN111613 Photographs: Photographs of buildings in Crick.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 59175 70742 (21m by 4m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CRICK, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District) |
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Record last edited
Aug 21 2019 11:13AM
