Trent And Mersey Canal, Church Locks Number 48 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1994. Canal lock.
Trent And Mersey Canal, Church Locks Number 48
- WRENN ID
- under-facade-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1994
- Type
- Canal lock
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CHURCH LAWTON TRENT AND MERSEY SJ 85 NW CANAL 1923- /7/10001 Church Locks No. 48
GV II
Pair of narrow locks. Towpath side lock circa 1772-75 by James Brindley/Hugh Henshall, with off-side lock added circa early 1830's, probably by Thomas Telford; both with replacement of materials and movable parts. Both have brick chambers with stone coping and quoins. Central island cutwater. Late C20 gates: single wooden top gate and double wooden bottom gates to towpath side lock; single steel top gate and double steel bottom gates to off-side lock. Both locks have stone steps to lower level. Wooden plank footbridge across each tail. Off-side weir. The Trent and Mersey Canal was built between 1766 and 1777 by James Brindley and Hugh Henshall. Listed for group value with adjacent bridge. Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands (1966) Jean Lindsay, The Trent and Mersey Canal (1979)
Listing NGR: SJ8189356032
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