Description

HEAPEY COPTHURST BROW
SD 52 SE
5/116 Johnson's Hillock
- Top Lock House
GV II

Lock keeper's house with attached office (which is now shop), probably
c.1816. Coursed squared sandstone, stone slate roof. Built on slope of
canal embankment, single depth, 3 bays with office at left end.
Three-storey rear, 2 storey front, symmetrical, with gable chimneys,
central boarded door with plain stone surround, 2 windows at ground floor
and 3 above, those at the sides of 2 sashed lights each and that over the
door a 4-pane sash. Lean-to single-storey office at left end has a similar
door to the left and a sashed window without glazing bars. All windows
have stone sills and heads. Item is part of Johnson's Hillock lock group
on Leeds-Liverpool Canal, all the other elements of which are listed in
Whittle-le-Woods CP (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD5960721368

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457718

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014