Sea lock, lock gates and hand winches is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Sea lock.
Sea lock, lock gates and hand winches
- WRENN ID
- graven-zinc-birch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Type
- Sea lock
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sea lock, lock gates and hand winches. Built in 1819. The lock gates have been replaced. Designed by the engineer, James Green.
MATERIALS: stone rubble walls with granite coping stones. Timber lock gates. Cast iron hand-winches.
DESCRIPTION: the sea lock forms the entrance to the Bude Canal from the sea. The stone rubble walls of the rectangular lock basin have granite coping stones and are rounded to the seaward end where they include courses of granite. The walls are rebated for the two pairs of timber lock gates; the gates have been replaced. The cast iron hand-winches to each sea gate are in two-centred arch frames.
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