Description

ST 32 SW NORTH PETHERTON BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON
CANAL
10/115
Higher Maunsell Lock
No 4 and Higher Maunsell
Bridge at ST 308294

GV II

Lock and public road bridge. 1824-1827, restored C20. Brick lock chamber. Two
sets of double wooden gates with concrete balance beams. Counterweighted ground
paddle gearing at top with metal ball weights. Counterweighted gate paddle gear-
ing at bottom with metal cylinder weights. This type of paddle gearing is unique
to the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. Across the lock tail is the bridge. Brick.
Single horseshoe arch, band, solid parapet with brick coping and piers with stone
coping. South parapet rebuilt in brick. The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal was
constructed between 1824-1827 with James Hollinsworth as engineer.

Listing NGR: ST3079229373

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26313159

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)