Survey Data
Reg No
21513052
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Lock
In Use As
Lock
Date
1750 - 1760
Coordinates
158238, 157419
Date Recorded
17/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of cut limestone canal lock walls, dated to 1757, with bridge crossing the canal and new operational steel lock gates, c. 1995. Quay walls of squared ashlar limestone with a moulded coping stone to ground level, to north and south of the lock, returning at the west end beside the modern lock gates. Each pier terminates at the Abbey River to the west with a carved decorative attenuated S-scrolls. The bridge rises from the lock walls with limestone steps to both sides at the east end.
Appraisal
A solid ashlar limestone lock, recently restored, with a pair of very attractive walls facing the river. Together with the two buildings to the north and the brick hump-back bridge they form a most pleasant feature on the canal. The S-scroll piers are distinctly Baroque in origins. The construction of the canal marked a further advancement of the City beyond the walls.