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Lock keeper's cottage adjacent to Foxton Top Lock, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line

A Grade II Listed Building in Foxton, Leicestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.4988 / 52°29'55"N

Longitude: -0.9833 / 0°58'59"W

OS Eastings: 469116

OS Northings: 289475

OS Grid: SP691894

Mapcode National: GBR 9QQ.B79

Mapcode Global: VHDQR.XG18

Plus Code: 9C4XF2X8+GM

Entry Name: Lock keeper's cottage adjacent to Foxton Top Lock, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line

Listing Date: 9 March 1989

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1360774

English Heritage Legacy ID: 191337

ID on this website: 101360774

Location: Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16

County: Leicestershire

District: Harborough

Civil Parish: Foxton

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Church of England Parish: Foxton St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Leicester

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28/02/2018

SP 68 NE
4/13

FOXTON
Gumley Road
Top Lock Cottage adjacent to Foxton Top Lock, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line

(Formerly listed as Lock-Keeper's Cottage adjacent to Foxton Top Lock, Grand Union Canal, FOXTON)

GV
II
Lock-keeper's cottage. Early C19. Brick, now rendered. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and end stacks. East front: two storeys, three bays. Slightly projecting central bay. Central doorway with cambered arch and C20 panel door. To left and right, single C20 two-light casements with wooden lintels. Above, a blind opening with cambered arch. To left and right, single C20 two-light casements. Grand Union Canal, engineered by Benjamin Bevan, completed in 1814.

Listing NGR: SP6911689475

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