Anton's Gowt Lock
ANTON'S GOWT LOCK, ANTON'S GOWT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1062085
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1987
- Statutory Address:
- ANTON'S GOWT LOCK, ANTON'S GOWT
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1062085
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- ANTON'S GOWT LOCK, ANTON'S GOWT
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ANTON'S GOWT LOCK, ANTON'S GOWT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- East Lindsey (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Langriville
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- Boston (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Fishtoft
- National Grid Reference:
- TF3002247453
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 06/11/2018
TF 34 NW; 7/22
FISHTOFT, LANGRIVILLE,
ANTON'S GOWT,
Anton's Gowt Lock
II
Pound-lock on the Fen drains. 1802-12 by John Rennie. Altered 1848 when GNR Lincolnshire loop line was constructed. Ashlar, some wood and iron. Lock with two gates, battered pecked gritstone ashlar side walls having wide curved gate rebates. Two sets of massive wood and iron lock gates. The southernmost being set higher, and the top of the chamber with steps. At the north end are the gritstone ashlar abutments, the sides with sunk panels, for the GNR railway bridge, removed after the closure of the
line. The lock gives access to the navigable drains on East, West and Wildmore fens. The area was drained and enclosed by the engineer John Rennie from 1802-1812.
East Lindsey District Council, Ref. item 10/25; Boston Borough Council, Ref. item 7/22
This asset was previously listed twice. The duplicate record (List entry number 1359726) was removed from the List on 6 November 2018. The remaining record (List entry number 1062085) falls within the parishes of both Langriville and Fishtoft.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 191936
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Wright, N R, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Lincolnshire, ()
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