Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20

Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20, Adlington, Cheshire

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Canal fence posts, c1840, erected alongside the Macclesfield Canal. Local sandstone. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1404544
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-2013
List Entry Name:: Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20
Statutory Address:: Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20, Adlington, Cheshire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1404544
Date first listed:: 05-Apr-2013
List Entry Name:: Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20
Statutory Address 1:: Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20, Adlington, Cheshire

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20, Adlington, Cheshire

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

District:: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Adlington
District:: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Pott Shrigley
National Grid Reference:: SJ9346080603

Summary

Canal fence posts, c1840, erected alongside the Macclesfield Canal. Local sandstone.

Reasons for Designation

The Macclesfield Canal fence posts north of bridge no.20 are designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Historic interest: they are important survivals illustrating the history and use of the Macclesfield Canal in the early-mid C19;

* Intactness: the fence posts are believed to survive in their original location and are largely intact;

* Group value: they have group value with other nearby Grade II listed structures along the canal, including bridge no.19 and bridge no.20.

History

The Macclesfield Canal was approved by an Act of Parliament in April 1826 and was one of the last narrow canals to be built. The route of the canal was surveyed by Thomas Telford and the engineer was William Crosley. The canal was constructed at a cost of £320,000 and opened on 9 November 1831.

The canal fence posts north of bridge no.20 are believed to date to c1840 (one of the posts bears this date) and originally incorporated removable wooden rails/poles that enabled spoil to be tipped down the embankment. The rails were later replaced by redundant mine cables from a local coal mine, and most recently by barbed wire.

Details

Canal fence posts, c1840, erected alongside the Macclesfield Canal. Local sandstone

LOCATION: The fence posts are located along the outside edge of the tow path on the north-west side of the Macclesfield Canal, on a raised embankment section of the canal approximately midway between bridge no.20 and bridge no.19.

DESCRIPTION: The fence posts, of which 73 are visible amongst heavily overgrown vegetation, are constructed of local sandstone and are formed of roughly-hewn, tapered slabs. The posts are approximately 1-1.5 metres high and are each pierced by two railing slots. A small number of the posts are damaged at the top, but most are intact. The fence posts are evenly spaced, although some in the line are missing, and many are now inter-linked by barbed wire.

Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, (2011)
Websites
The Macclesfield Canal, accessed from http://www.macclesfieldcanal.org.uk

Legal

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