Description

NZ 30 NE OVER DINSDALE

4/50 Weir and fish lock to
north-east of Old Fish
Locks House

- II

Weir and fish lock. Mid C18. Said to have been built by William Emerson of
Hurworth. Huge roughly squared sandstone blocks laid across River Tees
forming an approximately 50 metre long curving weir. Dressed stone fish
lock. Height of weir reduced by about 0.75 metre in late C19. Originally
2 fish locks built partly into river bank at either end of weir. West lock
destroyed. East lock is a small square-plan structure with round archways
on upstream and downstream faces. It is said to contain a stone fish
ladder. This item straddles the parishes of Low Dinsdale and Over Dinsdale
and the county border with Durham.

Listing NGR: NZ3521609825

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26485390

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)