Description

KEDDINGTON ALVINGHAM ROAD
TF 38 NE
(east side)
8/28 Ticklepenny Lock
15.4.85 TF 351889
II

Lock. 1767, by John Grundy. Red brick, limestone ashlar
dressings, timber and some cast iron. Lock chamber walls of 4
concave brick sections on either side with timber posts, now
partially intact and exposed, in between each section. Posts
partly hidden by large ashlar blocks. Top of chamber walls
ashlar coped. At either end the exposed timber beams survive
where original lock gates hung. The end sections of embankment
slope downwards to curved ends, and contained arched openings for
over shoots. 3rd section to west now masked by C20 concrete road
bridge which crosses lock. Small fragments of iron fixtures to
lock gates remain. Navigation abandoned in 1924.

Listing NGR: TF3503688942

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26316394

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  For the Record
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)