LOCK KEEPERS OFFICE 3 METRES EAST OF THE HYDRAULIC TOWER

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1379872
Date first listed:
31-Oct-1974
Statutory Address:
LOCK KEEPERS OFFICE 3 METRES EAST OF THE HYDRAULIC TOWER, ROYAL DOCK

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Location

Statutory Address:
LOCK KEEPERS OFFICE 3 METRES EAST OF THE HYDRAULIC TOWER, ROYAL DOCK

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

District:
North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
National Grid Reference:
TA 27797 11376

Details

GRIMSBY

TA2711SE ROYAL DOCK, The Docks 699-1/5/131 Lock Keepers' Office 3m east of the Hydraulic Accumulator Tower

GV II

Lock keepers' office. 1849-52 for Grimsby Dock Company. Red brick in English bond with slate roof. Octagonal on plan, single room with entrance lobby to north-west. EXTERIOR: single storey. Plain door. Single windows to 3 adjacent southern sides and to north-east side, all with 4 panes and stone sills beneath cambered brick arches. Low-pitched roof with overhanging eaves. INTERIOR: not inspected. Stands beside the Hydraulic Accumulator Tower (qv), overlooking the locks to the Royal Dock and the Dock Tower (qv). (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J, and Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 343; Civil Engineering Heritage: Labrum EA: Eastern and Central England: London: 1994-: 52-4; A guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Lincolnshire & S.Humbs: Wright NR: Lincoln: 1983-: 16-18; University of Hull Publications: Gillett E: A History of Grimsby: London: 1970-: 214-5; Ambler RW: Great Grimsby Fishing Heritage: a brief for a trail: Grimsby Borough Council: 1990-: 17-18, 20-22).



Listing NGR: TA2779711376

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
479307
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Gillett, E, A History of Grimsby, (1970), 214-215
Pevsner, N, John, H, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1964), 343
Wright, N R, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Lincolnshire16-18
Labrum, E A, 'Civil Engineering Heritage' in Eastern And Central England, (1994), 52-54

Legal

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

End of official listing

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Date: 08 Feb 2006
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