Macclesfield Canal Bosley Lock Number 1 and Spillway

MACCLESFIELD CANAL BOSLEY LOCK NUMBER 1 AND SPILLWAY

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1313054
Date first listed:
14-Jun-1984
Statutory Address:
MACCLESFIELD CANAL BOSLEY LOCK NUMBER 1 AND SPILLWAY
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1313054
Date first listed:
14-Jun-1984
Statutory Address 1:
MACCLESFIELD CANAL BOSLEY LOCK NUMBER 1 AND SPILLWAY

Location

Statutory Address:
MACCLESFIELD CANAL BOSLEY LOCK NUMBER 1 AND SPILLWAY

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

District:
Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Bosley
National Grid Reference:
SJ 90525 66992

Details

BOSLEY C.P. MACCLESFIELD CANAL SJ 96 NW

1/13 Bosley Lock Number 1 and Spillway

GV II

Canal lock, 1831, William Crosley engineer. Rusticated red gritstone walls to lock, ashlar to spillway; brick patching to lock sides. Semi-circular upper end to lock basin. Stepped quadrant retaining wall to bank west of lock: flight of stone steps to east. Cambered footbridge of cast iron across lock entrance, with later plain steel tubular rail. Two pairs of timber lock gates. Curved wing walls above lock; straight walls below to Bridge 54 (q.v.). Stone-walled spillway west of lock.

Listing NGR: SJ9052566992

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