Lock 350 Metres South-East Of Church Of St Peter And St Paul

TEIGNGRACE SX 87 SE

8/215 Lock 350 metres south-east of - Church of St Peter and St Paul

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Canal lock on the disused Stover Canal. 1824 for George Templer of Stover House q.v. This lock and the 2 other stone locks q.v. in Teigngrace, were replacements for the original timber clad clay locks of the canal which was built by James Templer in 1790-1792; the engineer was Thomas Gray of Exeter. Granite ashlar. Splayed entrances at north and south ends. Revetment walls recessed for lock gates. Remains of later gates. The Stover Canal was nearly 2 miles long and joined the River Teign at Jetty Marsh near Newton Abbot where the barges passed through the dredged Whitelake Channel to the estuary of the River Teign. The canal was a private venture and built to transport local ball clay to the Staffordshire Potteries and later to transport Haytor granite after the Haytor granite tramway had been built in 1820. Reference: Charles Hadfield, The Canals of South West England, p.p. 118 to 122.

Listing NGR: SX8528673822