Building record 0411910006 - PUMPING STATION AT LOCK 38

Summary

Early nineteenth century canal pumping station built about 1838-1841

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1117851: PUMPING STATION AT LOCK 38 GRAND UNION CANAL

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  • PUMPING STATION (Built about 1838-1841, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. Pumping station. Circa 1838-41. Brown brick in English bond, with off-set eaves and hipped slate roof. Right end wall is rendered. Openings have semi-circular arched heads. Front to canal has large central window with cast iron glazing bars that have decorative roundels at intersections. Flanking double doors with radiating fanlights. Similar window at each end. (A.H. Faulkner, The Grand Junction Canal, 1972 p.143) (B7).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC5981 Bibliographic reference: HADFIELD C 1966 CANALS OF THE EAST MIDLANDS P270.
  • <2>SBC5213 Bibliographic reference: FAULKNER A H 1972 GRAND JUNCTION CANAL.
  • <3>SBC6637 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARDS.
  • <4>SBC12006 Verbal communication: PIKE A R DEC 1977.
  • <5>SBC10448 Map: OS 1971 1:2500 MAP.
  • <6>SBC12183 Unpublished document: PIKE A R (BCM) NOV 1991 FIELD VISIT.
  • <7>SBC19041 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p46.

Location

Grid reference SP 92356 15220 (point)
Civil Parish MARSWORTH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13593)

Record last edited

Feb 12 2023 3:25PM

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