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Marple Locks Number 10 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Marple, Stockport

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3975 / 53°23'50"N

Longitude: -2.0587 / 2°3'31"W

OS Eastings: 396196

OS Northings: 388963

OS Grid: SJ961889

Mapcode National: GBR GY24.3T

Mapcode Global: WHB9Y.BVXS

Plus Code: 9C5V9WWR+XG

Entry Name: Marple Locks Number 10 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal

Listing Date: 11 October 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1242294

English Heritage Legacy ID: 441679

ID on this website: 101242294

Location: Marple, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK6

County: Stockport

Electoral Ward/Division: Marple North

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Marple

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Low Marple St Martin

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Lock Architectural structure Footbridge

Description


SJ 98 NE MARPLE PEAK FOREST CANAL

7/138 Marple Locks No. 10 and adjoining - footbridge

G.V. II

Lock and adjoining footbridge. 1803 to 1805. Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown engineers, financed by S. Oldknow and R. Arkwright and built by James and Fox. Dressed stone and ashlar. Single upper gate, double lower gate and footbridge at lower end. 4m. pound-to-pound level to accommodate steepness of slope. Lock walls in large coursed stone blocks with rounded verge. The mouth is grooved for stop planks. The gates have been overhauled and are fully functional. The footbridge has a segmental rusticated keystone arch, an ashlar band and parapet walls with rounded copings which terminate in battered square piers.

Listing NGR: SJ9619688963

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