Latitude: 53.4066 / 53°24'23"N
Longitude: -2.0639 / 2°3'49"W
OS Eastings: 395850
OS Northings: 389980
OS Grid: SJ958899
Mapcode National: GBR GY01.ZJ
Mapcode Global: WHB9Y.8MGS
Plus Code: 9C5VCW4P+JF
Entry Name: Marple Locks Number 1 and Adjoining Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal
Listing Date: 11 October 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1260090
English Heritage Legacy ID: 441670
ID on this website: 101260090
Location: Marple Bridge, 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
SJ 98 NE MARPLE PEAK FOREST CANAL
7/129 Marple Locks No. 1 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 hve been overhauled and are fully functional. The footbridge has a segmental shaped keystone arch, an ashlar band and parapet walls of massive ashlar sections which are terminated by a battered square pier at one end with a small abutting flight of steps, and sweeps down at the other end to the level of the pound.
Listing NGR: SJ9585089980
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