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Former West Entrance Lock to South Dock, West India Docks

A Grade II Listed Building in Canary Wharf, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5032 / 51°30'11"N

Longitude: -0.0259 / 0°1'33"W

OS Eastings: 537111

OS Northings: 180094

OS Grid: TQ371800

Mapcode National: GBR K5.44F

Mapcode Global: VHGR1.HHN1

Plus Code: 9C3XGX3F+7J

Entry Name: Former West Entrance Lock to South Dock, West India Docks

Listing Date: 1 July 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1242444

English Heritage Legacy ID: 441838

ID on this website: 101242444

Location: Tower Hamlets, London, E14

County: London

District: Tower Hamlets

Electoral Ward/Division: Canary Wharf

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Tower Hamlets

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Anne Limehouse

Church of England Diocese: London

Tagged with: Lock

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Description


WEST FERRY ROAD E14
1.
4431 Former west entrance lock
to South Dock, West India
TQ 3780 25/862A Docks
II

2.
1803-05. By Willian Jessop. Ashlar walls with some repair. Modern concrete
doorcases. Built as the west entrance lock to the City Canal, later taken
into the West India Dock system. To the same design as the original locks
of the West India Docks and now the only lock chamber of the first generation
to remain unfilled; although only the western half remains.


Listing NGR: TQ3711180094

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