Description

SO48SW;
1943-1/5/172

CRAVEN ARMS,STOKESAY,Weir on River Teme including attached sluice,retaining walls and culvert

GII
Weir and attached sluice,retaining walls and culvert.Probably C18,extended 1822 by Thomas Telford when Shropshire County Surveyor.Ashlar,with dressed stone to walls.Elongated crescent directing water to culvert on western bank.Weir itself approx.fifty metres long and three metres high,of ashlar facing with bullnosed lip;downstream face appears to be stepped;dressed stone skirt.Against eastern bank is double sluice with wooden access platform to single surviving cast-iron rack and pinion gate;eastern wall of sluice extends as retaining wall for approx.Twenty metres upstream.Western end of weir has stone culvert and retaining wall extending for approx.Twenty metres downstream.(Davis Major AT:Historic Shropshire Bridges strengthened with Ferro-concrete).

Listing NGR: SO4379581826

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560021

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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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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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)