Top Lock at TQ 3675 8398
TOP LOCK AT TQ 3675 8398, HERTFORD UNION CANAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1357546
- Date first listed:
- 23-Oct-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Top Lock at TQ 3675 8398
- Statutory Address:
- TOP LOCK AT TQ 3675 8398, HERTFORD UNION CANAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1357546
- Date first listed:
- 23-Oct-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Top Lock at TQ 3675 8398
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOP LOCK AT TQ 3675 8398, HERTFORD UNION CANAL
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:
- TOP LOCK AT TQ 3675 8398, HERTFORD UNION CANAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 36744 83971
Details
The following building shall be added: HERTFORD UNION CANAL TQ 3683 6/3 Top Lock at TQ 3675 8398
II GV
Lock. C1830, C20 alterations. Brick chamber with stone and brick coping. 2 sets of double wooden gates, top gates with steel balance beams, bottom gates with rare cast iron balance beams. Ground paddle gearing at top, gate paddle gearing at bottom. Wing walls with brick, stone and concrete coping. Brick heel grips and brick paved lockside surfaces. The Hertford Union Canal, linking the Regent's Canal with the River Lea Navigation, opened in 1830.
Listing NGR: TQ3674483971
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 206528
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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