Listed Building: ALVINGHAM LOCK AND INVERTED SYPHON TF 365909 (1063080)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | Department of the Environment |
Date assigned | 15 April 1985 |
Date last amended |
Description
ALVINGHAM NORTH COCKERINGTON ROAD TF 39 SE (north-east side) 4/8 Alvingham Lock and inverted syphon (formerly 15.4.85 listed under Civil Parish of Keddington) TF 365909 - II Lock. 1767 by John Grundy. Red brick, limestone ashlar dressings, wood and cast iron. Lock chamber walls of 4 concave brick sections on either side with timber posts, now partially intact and exposed, in between. Posts partly hidden by large ashlar blocks. Tops ashlar coped. Timber beams survive where lock gates originally hung with some of iron fittings still in place. End sections of embankment slope downwards to curved ends, and southern sections include a large basin for waiting barges to moor in, though much of this basin is now silted up, and it too ends in curved embankments. 2 blocked, semi- circular brick drain openings in west side of lock chamber. The river Lud, running north to south, is culverted and passes under the lock by means of an inverted syphon. Navigation abandoned in 1924. Listing NGR: TF3650090900
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Location
Grid reference | TF 36500 90900 (point) |
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Map sheet | TF39SE |
Civil Parish | ALVINGHAM, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Jun 17 2009 2:17PM
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