Great Sluice
GREAT SLUICE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1310114
- Date first listed:
- 14-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Great Sluice
- Statutory Address:
- GREAT SLUICE
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- Date:
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1310114
- Date first listed:
- 14-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Great Sluice
- Statutory Address 1:
- GREAT SLUICE
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:
- GREAT SLUICE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Braunton
- National Grid Reference:
- SS4776434178
Details
SS 43 SE BRAUNTON BRAUNTON MARSH
9/36 Great Sluice
-
- II
Sluice to drain marshes. Circa 1811 to 1815 by James Green, engineer. Coursed and
dressed stone revetment walls with 3 segmentally arched sluice openings with 2
semi-circular retaining walls. The piers are grooved for sluice gates to slide
down. Continuous impost around piers and retaining walls at springing level of
arches.
The opposite outer end of sluice has retaining walls at right angles either side
and 2 large projecting round-ended piers either side of timber sluice gates to
single arched sluice.
Braunton Marsh was probably reclaimed in the Middle Ages from tidal waters of the
River Taw, but from 1811-15 the marsh was more extensively drained after
authorization by Act of Parliament (1811) as a result of the endeavours of the
Lords of the Manors of Braunton Gorges, Braunton Abbotts, Braunton Arundel and
Saunton and others who had grazing rights on the marshes. They sought to enclose
Braunton Marsh which was regularly flooded by tidal water. 949 acres were
reclaimed. John Pascoe was the surveyor and James Green (County Surveyor) the
engineer. The adjacent Horsey Island to the south east was reclaimed between 1852-
1857.
Historically these late enclosures are particularly interesting in Braunton where
the Great Field immediately north of the marsh is oneof only 3 open field systems
to survive in England. Although today (1984) there are only 5 farmers in the Great
Field their holdings are still widely dispersed over the field as they were in the
Middle Ages when there were about 100 farmers.
Reference: A H Slee Trans. Devonshire Assoc. (1969) Vol.100, pp.101-110.
W G Hoskins and H P R Finberg, Devonshire Studies, pp.265-271 and p.332.
Listing NGR: SS4776434178
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 98299
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hoskins, W G, Finberg, H P R, Devonshire Studies, (1952), 265,332
Transactions of the Devonshire Association in Transactions of the Devonshire Association, (1969), 101-110
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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