Engine House Adjoining Top Lock of Oldbury Locks, South of Engine Street Birmingham Canal Titford Branch
ENGINE HOUSE ADJOINING TOP LOCK OF OLDBURY LOCKS, SOUTH OF ENGINE STREET BIRMINGHAM CANAL TITFORD BRANCH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1288246
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Engine House Adjoining Top Lock of Oldbury Locks, South of Engine Street Birmingham Canal Titford Branch
- Statutory Address:
- ENGINE HOUSE ADJOINING TOP LOCK OF OLDBURY LOCKS, SOUTH OF ENGINE STREET BIRMINGHAM CANAL TITFORD BRANCH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1288246
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Engine House Adjoining Top Lock of Oldbury Locks, South of Engine Street Birmingham Canal Titford Branch
- Statutory Address 1:
- ENGINE HOUSE ADJOINING TOP LOCK OF OLDBURY LOCKS, SOUTH OF ENGINE STREET BIRMINGHAM CANAL TITFORD BRANCH
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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:
- ENGINE HOUSE ADJOINING TOP LOCK OF OLDBURY LOCKS, SOUTH OF ENGINE STREET BIRMINGHAM CANAL TITFORD BRANCH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sandwell (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 99484 88699
Details
SANDWELL MB BIRMINGHAM CANAL SO 98 NE Titford Branch, Oldbury 8/31 Engine House adjoining Top Lock of Oldbury Locks, south of Engine Street
GV II
Pumping engine house, now partly used as warehouse. Built shortly after Oldbury Locks were opened in 1837. Blue brick with roofs of slate and corrugated asbestos. South wall has twin gables of two parallel ranges, the right hand one set forward slightly. Each has a first floor window with segmental head and a ground floor doorway, the right hand one partly blocked and with an elliptical head. The left hand return wall is partly covered by a single storey lean-to. On the first floor are four windows with segmental heads and iron glazing bars. The right hand return wall is of four bays. The windows have segmental heads and all have iron glazing bars except the left hand one on the first floor. At the right there is a blocked window, with a doorway to a fire escape above on the first floor. At the rear is a lower range with a truncated chimney projecting from its west wall. The engine house originally contained two beam engines and four boilers to recirculate water from the Wolverhampton level back to the Titford Canal. They operated at 11 strokes a minute and lifted five million gallons a day. The beam engines were replaced by a Tangye gas engine c1930. This has been superseded by electric pumps which are still used occasionally. The engine house stands at the junction with Spon Lane Branch, a part of the Titford Feeder made navigable in the early 1870s. (Langford, J I, The BCN and Titford Valley, Boundary Post, 1974).
Listing NGR: SO9948488699
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 219235
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Langford, JI, The Birmingham Canal Navigations and Titford Valley, (1974)
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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