Rochdale Canal Canal Overflow Ford Approximately 30 Metres to North West of Canal Bridge
ROCHDALE CANAL CANAL OVERFLOW FORD APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF CANAL BRIDGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1230542
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Rochdale Canal Canal Overflow Ford Approximately 30 Metres to North West of Canal Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- ROCHDALE CANAL CANAL OVERFLOW FORD APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF CANAL BRIDGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1230542
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Rochdale Canal Canal Overflow Ford Approximately 30 Metres to North West of Canal Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROCHDALE CANAL CANAL OVERFLOW FORD APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF CANAL BRIDGE
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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:
- ROCHDALE CANAL CANAL OVERFLOW FORD APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF CANAL BRIDGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Calderdale (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Hebden Royd
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 03260 25514
Details
SE 02 NW HEBDEN ROYD ROCHDALE CANAL 2/280 (south side) - Upper Foot Canal overflow ford approx. 30 metres to north-west of Canal Bridge
GV II
Canal overflow ford. c1800. For the Rochdale Canal Company. Stone setts, wood and brick. Timber balks edge canal from which water can overflow, passing over the 2-metre wide ford laid with stone setts, and down the hillside into the River Calder below. Spanning the ford are the square brick piers from a later bridge, now gone, but of which the round-topped ashlar parapet survives. The Rochdale Canal was opened up in sections between 1798 and 1804. The line was originally surveyed by James Brindley in 1776,resurveyed by John Rennie in 1791 and construction was finally supervised by William Jessop (engineer) and William Crossley (resident engineer). (Sowerby Bridge Chamber of Trade and Commerce Official Guide pp22-23). Group value with Upper Foot Canal Bridge in Sowerby Bridge CP (q.v.)
Listing NGR: SE0326025514
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 405459
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Sowerby Bridge Chamber of Trade and Commerce Official Guide in Sowerby Bridge Chamber of Trade and Commerce Official Guide, (), 22-23
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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