Building record 442/1/36 - Lock No.14, Stoke Top Lock

Pair of locks. Late C18/early C19 restored 1868 and 1881 and C20.

{1} Pair of locks. Late C18/early C19 restored 1868 and 1881 and C20. Red and blue brick with timber swing gates. Double-width and single-width locks, the latter now dry with double cast-iron lower gates from Welshpool on the Montgomery Canal and a boat weighing machine from the Glamorganshire Canal at Cardiff. Double lock has double upper and lower gates. Top lock of a flight of 7 locks. (K. Falconer: Guide to Englands' Industrial Heritage, 1980, p170; Waterways Museum Guide Book (no date), pp2-3).

{3} Two undated photos, also five photos dated May 1963, also two photos dated 13.01.1994;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/162 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Stoke Bruerne (Photographs). SNN113273.

Record last edited

Jul 10 2025 3:56PM