rail tunnel oddity?

[apoo..]

i ride past this most days and has always caught my eye. in those famous words "who lives in a house like this?"
i love the contrast in building materials. the bungalow looks so out of place with the turrets towering above it on both sides. also the fact that its all linked and is used still to this day. apologies as was cutting it close to a meeting but was a lovely day so stopped for a couple of pics!

some info on the tunnel and house
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Tunnel_rail_crash

http://www.buildingopinions.com/Archive/claytontunnelcot.html

 

[Lightbuoy]

Most quirky -thanks for posting!

 

[evo_mad]

Bet they don't get much sleep if that's a main line.

Looks fantastic.

 

[Black Shuck]

I would not give a stuff about sleeping . What a place to live.

 

[Richard Davies]

It reminds me of that house in the middle of the M62.

 

[Black Shuck]

Ah yes the farmer who would not give his farm up so they had to build the Motorway round it.

 

[godzilla73]

I wonder where the sewage outlet is sited.......

 

[LittleMike]

Ah yes the farmer who would not give his farm up so they had to build the Motorway round it.

The road forks around the farm for engineering reasons owing to the surrounding area's geology, though a local myth persists that the road had to be split because the owners refused to sell the land during its construction.[20] This is not the case since the owners could have been obliged to sell via a compulsory purchase order

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stott_Hall_Farm#Stott_Hall_Farm
http://newsfeed.kosmograd.com/kosmograd/2007/03/the_house_in_th.html

 

[nutnut]

There is a lot of history surrounding this ole tunnel, reguarly mentioned in our local paper Apoo "the mid sussex times" more recently, an interview with the guy that lives there currently, however i could not locate it although it was only a few months ago??? I have emailed the editor as i have contact with her, so i shall add it if i can get hold of the article. Check the link below....

THE TRAIN CRASH:

http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/cuckfield-news/Ghost-stories-of-Mid-Sussex.4460108.jp

 

[smileysal]

Now that tunnel portal is very similar to the one at Clay Cross in Derbyshire, apart from not having a house built on top lol. But very, very similar to this. (funnily enough we were looking at the Clay Cross one today ), could stand on top of it (behind the fence) watching the trains go underneath.

Cheers,

Sal

 

[Mr Sam]

It reminds me of that house in the middle of the M62.

the farm betweek manchester and leeds

 

[sqwasher]

Nice little house & a great place to live me thinks!

 

[apoo..]

after posting the pic so my freinds could see it. one of thems come up with contact details. oh to get inside them turrets! cheers nutnut.