Marple Locks Number 16 And Adjoining Footbridge On Peak Forest Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Lock, footbridge. 1 related planning application.
Marple Locks Number 16 And Adjoining Footbridge On Peak Forest Canal
- WRENN ID
- muffled-finial-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Lock, footbridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 98 SE MARPLE PEAK FOREST CANAL
2/145 Marple Locks No. 16 and adjoining - footbridge
G.V. II
Lock and adjoining footbridge. 1803 to 1805. Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown engineers, financed by S.Oldknow and R. Arkwright and built by James and Fox. Dressed stone and ashlar with rebuilt retaining walls in brick. Single upper gate, double lower gate and footbridge at lower end. 4m. canal-to-pound level to accommodate steepness of slope. Brick walls with stone verges. The mouth is grooved for stop planks. The gates have been overhauled and are fully functional. The footbridge has a segmental, rusticated keystone arch, an ashlar band and an ashlar parapet which is terminated by square piers. Included for group value.
Listing NGR: SJ9612888470
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