Weighton Lock
WEIGHTON LOCK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1031829
- Date first listed:
- 28-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Weighton Lock
- Statutory Address:
- WEIGHTON LOCK
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1031829
- Date first listed:
- 28-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Weighton Lock
- Statutory Address 1:
- WEIGHTON LOCK
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WEIGHTON LOCK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Broomfleet
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 87439 25637
Details
SE 82 NE BROOMFLEET
12/7 Weighton Lock
- II Lock and sluice. 1773, on datestone which also records John Grundy, engineer; Samuel Allen or Allam, surveyor; John Smith, carpenter; Mr Jefferson, mason. Repaired 1826 by Joseph Whitehead and again 1855-6. Ashlar and timber. Lock to east with humpbacked bridge, sluice to west. Lock approximately 3 metres in width and 30 metres in total length, with 2 pairs of gates and original manual winching gear. 4-course parapet to bridge. Sluice semicircular pier divides round arches over waterways, each approximately 5 metres in width originally with draw doors to north and pointing doors to south. The draw doors have recently been replaced by roller gates. Flat 3-course parapet to sluice bears plaque recording building detail to south. This lock and sluice control the outfall of the Market Weighton Canal into the River Humber. An Act of Parliament for the Market Weighton Drainage and Navigation was passed in May 1772. It was engineered by John Grundy (1719-83) and built between 1772 and 1783. Skempton A W, "The Engineering Works of John Grundy" in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol 19, 1984.
Listing NGR: SE8743925637
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 164969
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Lincolnshire History and Archaeology in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, Vol. 19, (1984)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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