Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16729
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/03/1981
Date of Amendment
29/02/1996
Name of Property
Welshpool Town Lock
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Welshpool
Town
Locality
Welshpool
Easting
322623
Northing
307343
Street Side
S
Location
Immediately S of the Powysland Museum.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
History: The eastern arm of the Montgomeryshire Canal was constructed as far as Garthmyl to the S of Welshpool between 1794 and 1797; John and Thomas Dadford, engineers. The lock forms part of the original engineering work of the canal, with subsequent repairs (the gates were most recently renewed in 1973).
Description: Blue brick lining to lock chamber, with stone dressings. Similar brickwork and stone copings to the lower retaining wall of the platform on the W side of the lock. A plank foot bridge with plain wrought iron rail spans the lock at its lower end.
A significant component of the engineering work of the Montgomeryshire Canal, and part of a group of canal structures at Welshpool town wharf.
Reference: Stephen Hughes, The Archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal, 1988.
Interior
Reason for designation
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