Lower Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Canal lock.
Lower Lock
- WRENN ID
- noble-tallow-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1972
- Type
- Canal lock
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
KENNET AND AVON CANAL 656-1/0/0 Lower Lock 11/08/72
GV II
Canal lock. c1800, restored c1971. John Rennie, engineer. Brick-lined basin with heavy sandstone flush rounded coping, at upper end walls are flared out, and at lower end they continue in ashlar, carried through part of adjacent bridge (qv). Two pairs of wooden gates, with cast iron gear at upper end. The Kennet and Avon Canal Act received royal assent in 1794, and 120 shares were issued. John Rennie was appointed engineer-in-charge, and estimate of £36,000 for wide canal accepted in July of same year. Work was started at Newbury and Bradford-on-Avon, delay in completing staircase of locks at Devizes retarded completion until late December 1810, and first boat passed through later that month. SOURCE: K.R. Clew, The Kennet & Avon Canal (Newton Abbot 1968).
Listing NGR: ST7541464296
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