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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14185
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/04/1993
Date of Amendment
05/04/1993
Name of Property
Lock Gates and Paddle Gear
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Carreghofa
Town
Locality
Easting
325371
Northing
320222
Street Side
Location
To east of Bridge 95 over canal.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built 1794-7, engineered by John and Thomas Dadford of Cardiff and Newport, at northern termination of Montgomeryshire Canal linking to Ellesmere Canal, Llanymynech branch. Modified before 1831 with new paddle gear etc designed by George Buck, engineer, and cast by Coalbrookdale Iron Company.
Exterior
Curved, splayed east entry from Ellesmere Canal with feeder entry to north. Massive stonework quaysides with ironwork fenders, curved insets for former ironwork gates. Adjoining the single (replacement) lock gate is a good example of Buck's patented paddle-gear set into a stonework surround. Pyramidal flanged ironwork frame with arched braces and rear brackets for winding handle etc. Toothed drivewheel with V-shaped pivoting arm linked to sluices in lock floor.
Stonework quaysides to lock chamber with double (replacement) gates closing west end; ironwork vertical sluices to timber gates. Stonework revetments at west end with brickwork facings, recessed stone stairs on north side descend to sinuous masonry catwalk below embankment. Small rubble-faced dock curves to west to rejoin canal-line above Bridge 95; arched brick culvert adjoins steps down and old ironwalk bollard on north side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with other canal structures in an exceptional location at Carreghofa Locks.
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