Ancholme Tow Path Bridge at TF 010990, Caistor Canal
ANCHOLME TOW PATH BRIDGE AT TF 010990, CAISTOR CANAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396409
- Date first listed:
- 02-Apr-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Ancholme Tow Path Bridge at TF 010990, Caistor Canal
- Statutory Address:
- ANCHOLME TOW PATH BRIDGE AT TF 010990, CAISTOR CANAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396409
- Date first listed:
- 02-Apr-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Ancholme Tow Path Bridge at TF 010990, Caistor Canal
- Statutory Address 1:
- ANCHOLME TOW PATH BRIDGE AT TF 010990, CAISTOR CANAL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ANCHOLME TOW PATH BRIDGE AT TF 010990, CAISTOR CANAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- West Lindsey (District Authority)
- Parish:
- South Kelsey
- National Grid Reference:
- TF0108098967
Details
359/0/10001
02-APR-04
SOUTH KELSEY
Ancholme tow path bridge at TF 010990, Caistor Canal
GV
II
Canal towpath bridge. c.1793-5. Ashlar abutments of fine large blocks. Simple C20 steel span.
HISTORY. The Caistor Canal was built under an Act of Parliament of 1793 following the survey of the engineer William Jessop in 1792. It was disused by 1877. It ran from the River Ancholme Navigation eastward towards the town of Caistor, but only about half was constructed and it reached to the village of Moortown, a distance of about 4.5 miles. C19 OS maps show six locks. The highest of these, near the basin at Moortown, had totally disappeared by the 1960's together with any other remains of a wharf, basin, or buildings there might once have been at the village end. However the other five locks survive and are complete except for gates and paddle gear. A former bridge at South Kelsey has been replaced but this foot or horse bridge carrying the tow path of the Ancholme over the entrance to the canal survives. The span is of C20 steel and not of special architectural interest but it rests on abutments of stone which are similar to those of the locks (q.v.). This bridge forms a group with Lock No. 1. The whole series of these locks and bridge is a significant survival of C18 canal engineering and displays an impressive quality of construction.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 501250
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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