Obelisk on South Bank in Garden of Number 17 Moor Lane
OBELISK ON SOUTH BANK IN GARDEN OF NUMBER 17 MOOR LANE, GRAND UNION CANAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1100840
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk on South Bank in Garden of Number 17 Moor Lane
- Statutory Address:
- OBELISK ON SOUTH BANK IN GARDEN OF NUMBER 17 MOOR LANE, GRAND UNION CANAL
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- Date:
- 2003-02-17
- Reference:
- IOE01/09728/24
- Rights:
- © Mrs Jane Black. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1100840
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk on South Bank in Garden of Number 17 Moor Lane
- Statutory Address 1:
- OBELISK ON SOUTH BANK IN GARDEN OF NUMBER 17 MOOR LANE, GRAND UNION CANAL
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:
- OBELISK ON SOUTH BANK IN GARDEN OF NUMBER 17 MOOR LANE, GRAND UNION CANAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Three Rivers (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Batchworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 06471 94068
Details
TQ 0694 SW RICKMANSWORTH GRAND UNION CANAL (South side) Rickmansworth
13/148 Obelisk on S bank in garden of No. 17 Moor Lane (q.v.)
II
Obelisk in a pond on the S bank of the Grand Union Canal serving as a water gauge. 1825, dated in inscription. For Company of Grand Junction Canal. Stone. Moulded base and cornice with shallow pediments about 1/3 of the way up the obelisk which is about 2½m high. 2 faces inscribed testifying to an agreement between John Dickinson at Batchworth Mill, the landowner R. Williams of Moor Park (q.v.) and the Grand Junction Canal whereby the water level at this spot was fixed following a long dispute. (A.H. Faulkner, The Grand Junction Canal, 1972, p.119).
Listing NGR: TQ0647194068
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 158791
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Faulkner, A H, The Grand Junction Canal, (1972)
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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