Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Dowley Gap Aqueduct
LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL, DOWLEY GAP AQUEDUCT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1133548
- Date first listed:
- 22-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Dowley Gap Aqueduct
- Statutory Address:
- LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL, DOWLEY GAP AQUEDUCT
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- Date:
- 2001-05-13
- Reference:
- IOE01/00326/20
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1133548
- Date first listed:
- 22-Nov-1966
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 07-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Dowley Gap Aqueduct
- Statutory Address 1:
- LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL, DOWLEY GAP AQUEDUCT
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:
- LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL, DOWLEY GAP AQUEDUCT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Shipley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 12257 38245
Details
The asset was previously listed twice also under List entry 1133357. This entry was removed from the List on 30 October 2017.
SE 13 NW
SE 122 382
2/104
22/11/66
SHIPLEY
LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL
Dowley Gap
Dowley Gap Aqueduct
(Formerly listed as:'seven arches' aqueduct)
II
Aqueduct over River Aire. Circa 1773. Planned by James Brindley
and carried out by John Longbottom. Hammer-dressed stone. 7 segmental
arches, irregularly placed along aqueduct. String course above the
arches. Parapet on string course to north side. Recent steel handrail
to south side. The canal path to each side is concreted.
The River Aire flows through the two most westerly arches.
Listing NGR: SE 12257 38245
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 337501
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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