JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN LATHOM) LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN BURSCOUGH)

JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN LATHOM), WHEAT LANE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1297530
Date first listed:: 01-Mar-1993
List Entry Name:: JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN LATHOM) LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN BURSCOUGH)
Statutory Address:: JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN LATHOM), WHEAT LANE

The Junction Bridge canal basin & former dry dock, Top Locks at Lathom. Built circa 1781, by Richard Owen. June 2023. — Uploaded by Ashley Preston This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1297530
Date first listed:: 01-Mar-1993
List Entry Name:: JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN LATHOM) LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN BURSCOUGH)
Statutory Address 1:: JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN LATHOM), WHEAT LANE
Statutory Address 2:: LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN BURSCOUGH)

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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.

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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.

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Statutory Address:: JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN LATHOM), WHEAT LANE
Statutory Address:: LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL JUNCTION BRIDGE CANAL BASIN AND FORMER DRY DOCK, TOP LOCKS (THAT PART IN BURSCOUGH)

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Lancashire
District:: West Lancashire (District Authority)
Parish:: Burscough
County:: Lancashire
District:: West Lancashire (District Authority)
Parish:: Lathom
National Grid Reference:: SD 45101 11491

Details

LATHOM

SD41SE WHEAT LANE 663-1/3/81 (West side (off)) Junction Bridge canal basin & former dry dock, Top Locks (that part Lathom CP)

GV II

Includes: Junction Bridge canal basin & fmr. dry dock, Top Locks (that part Burscough CP) LEEDS-LIVERPOOL CANAL BURSCOUGH. Canal basin and dry dock. c.1781. Resident engineer Richard Owen. For the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Company. Coursed sandstone blocks, and coursed sandstone rubble, respectively. The BASIN forms the inner entrance to the Rufford Branch Canal, leading to the upper of the two Top Locks. The east side is straight, with a narrow flagged footpath against the towpath wall, which is of coursed squared sandstone with a rounded coping; the west side is in 2 convex sections, forming a curved funnelled entrance to the dry dock. The DRY DOCK, which is at right-angles to the basin, has an entrance gate composed of massive wooden beams slotted into the side walls, a straight south wall (parallel to the main line of the Leeds-Liverpool canal), and a curved and sloped north side, with one flight of steps down at the east end of this side and another in the west end wall; and the floor of the dock has a set of 6 wooden trestles to support the boats (apparently restored). Forms the central element in the group of canal structures at Top Locks. Located on boundary between Burscough CP and Lathom CP.

Listing NGR: SD4510111491

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Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.