Listed Building record MDR9382 - Canal Lock, Cromford Canal, Ironville
Type and Period (1)
- CANAL LOCK (Georgian to 21st Century - 1793 AD? to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Canal Lock, Cromford Canal, Ironville, built c1793.
Comparison of the 2nd and 3rd edition 25" OS maps indicates that the dry dock was added in the early 20th century, following the demolition of a row of terrace houses. (1-2)
Adjacent to the site of Limekiln Row, one of the Butterley Company's early pre-model viallge 'rows'. (3-4)
From the National Heritage List for England:
'IRONVILLE
1284/0/10015 Lock on Cromford Canal at SK442 515 06-JAN-04
GV II Canal lock with adjacent dry dock. c 1793, altered late C20 and early C21. Forms part of the Cromford canal. Engineered by William Jessop and Benjamin Outram. Coursed squared sandstone with moulded dressings and copings. Narrow lock chamber aligned north-west to south-east, with indented housings for lock gates at either end, now removed. To the south-west a narrow dry dock channel, formerly accessed from the north-west end extends from the lock mouth parallel to the lock chamber. One of a short flight of 3 locks on the Jacksdale section of the Cromford Canal, and one of a small number of surviving locks on its eastern end. Forms a group with the lock at SK440 517 and the lock at SK 443 506.'
(5)
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SDR18790 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1896-1900. OS County Series, 2nd edition (1st revision), scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). XLI.5, 1899.
- <2> SDR20367 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1912-1921. OS County Series, 3rd edition (Second Revision), scale 1:2500 (25" to one mile). XLI.V.
- <3> SDR19111 Index: Council for British Archaeology (CBA). CBA Industrial Archaeology Report Card. Dry dock, Codnor Park.
- <4> SDR22089 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 2011. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology: A Gazetteer of Sites, Part III, Borough of Amber Valley (second edition). pp. 19.
- <5> SDR19551 Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1391065?section=official-list-entry.
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Location
Grid reference | SK 44195 51555 (point) |
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Civil Parish | IRONVILLE, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Apr 7 2023 2:17PM