Grand Union Canal Little Braunston Lock At Bridge Number 2 is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Lock.

Grand Union Canal Little Braunston Lock At Bridge Number 2

WRENN ID: carved-window-juniper
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: West Northamptonshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 March 1987
Type: Lock
Source: Historic England listing

Description

BRAUNSTON GRAND UNION CANAL SP56NW Little Braunston 4/74 Lock at Bridge No.2

GV II

Lock. Late C18, renovated C19 and C20, Datestones in walls, 1877, 1884 and 1915. Retaining walls, red brick patched with blue brick. Stone and concrete coping. Wooden gates. Section to west has wooden balance beams. Those to the east have been replaced in steel. The Grand Junction Canal was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1793. The Braunston section was complete by 1796. In 1929 it was taken over by the Grand Union Canal Company and the name was changed. (A.H. Faulkner: The Grand Union Canal, 1972).

Listing NGR: SP5448065962

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