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Beacon Hill Railway Tunnel - Halifax

Western portal of Beacon Hill Railway Tunnel. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings. Neo-Norman style. Central round arched portal with two circular piers supporting a double arch. The inner arch has simplified dogtooth moulding and the outer arch simplified beakhead moulding. The outer walls are battered with hexagonal corner turrets with arrow slits, and a plain projecting parapet is supported on small round arches with plain corbels. Photo. November 1992.

Date November 1992

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