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: TF3652890893

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26316423

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