Heathfield Tunnel gates
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Location
| Street: | High Street / Millennium Green |
| Town: | Heathfield |
| Parish: | Heathfield and Waldron |
| Council: | Wealden District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN21 |
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| Object setting: | Public Park |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | At the southern and northern entrances to the old Heathfield railway tunnel accessed via Millennium Green |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 56 |
| Grid reference: | C9/C1 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ581213 |
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Makers
| Name : | Hamish Black |
| Company/Group : | Children from two Heathfield Schools |
| Role: | Designer |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council |
| Commissioned also by: | Millennium Green Trust |
| Construction period: | 1999-2001 |
| Installation date: | 08/2001 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Wealden District Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Functional, Architectural, Composite |
| Object type1: | Building |
| Object subtype1: | Gate(way) |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Gates |
| Material: | Iron |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 20/08/2008 |
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History
| History: | The tunnel is 250 metres long. The final design for the gates was presented to Members of the Council, the Millennium Green Trust and representatives of the Parish Council at the Tunnel on 30 November 1999. The cost of the gates was £22,000 funded by the Council (£17,000) and the Millennium Green Trust (£5,000). A skateboard park was built in the cutting immediately south of the Tunnel. Works on the Millennium Green began in January 2000 and a formal opening ceremony occurred in July 2000 but the work was not completed until August 2001. The tunnel was eventually opened in January 2002. Following an alleged rape inside the Tunnel on 12 March 2005, the gates were closed and locked. After much discussion amongst interested parties, the tunnel was opened again on 26 March 2007.
(Heathfield Tunnel Opening Strategy) The tunnel was opened on 3 April 1880 for the then London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. The line was closed completely on 5 August 1968 by the then British Railways, Southern Region. |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | Heathfield Tunnel Opening Strategy |
| Type: | Archive |
| Location: | http://www.wealden.gov.uk/moderngov/Published/IssueDocs/0/3/2/6/I00016230/$HeathfieldTunnelConsultation23Nov06.doc.pdf |
| Catalogue reference: | JT2390.0601a |
| Publisher: | Wealden District Council |
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| #http://www.wealden.gov.uk/moderngov/Published/IssueDocs/0/3/2/6/I00016230/$HeathfieldTunnelConsultation23Nov06.doc.pdf# | |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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