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Trent and Mersey Canal Ivy Leigh and Attached Cottages

A Grade II Listed Building in Fradley and Streethay, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.724 / 52°43'26"N

Longitude: -1.7929 / 1°47'34"W

OS Eastings: 414084

OS Northings: 314058

OS Grid: SK140140

Mapcode National: GBR 4D9.9JK

Mapcode Global: WHCGH.FSGL

Plus Code: 9C4WP6F4+HR

Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal Ivy Leigh and Attached Cottages

Listing Date: 10 February 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1237275

English Heritage Legacy ID: 428503

ID on this website: 101237275

Location: Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13

County: Staffordshire

District: Lichfield

Civil Parish: Fradley and Streethay

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

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Description


SK 11 SW ALREWAS TRENT AND MERSEY
CANAL (North side)

3/10005 Fradley Junction
Ivy Leigh and attached
cottages
GV II

Terrace of 3 canal workers' cottages. Red brick with slate roofs. Built in 2 separate stages around the early C19. 2 storey, double pile, fronting onto canal. Single fronted cottage (probably earlier phase) to left. Entrance to left with semicircular headed lintel and fanlight. 12-light sash windows. It has been rebuilt and possibly extended to rear. 2 symmetrical, double-fronted cottages to right. Central entrances (C20 wooden porch to right-hand cottage, Ivy Leigh). 12-light sash windows with stone lintels at ground floor level. 2 ridge chimney stacks and one end stack to right side. The Trent and Mersey Canal was built between 1766 and 1777 by James Brindley and Hugh Henshall. The cottages form part of a group of early buildings at the junction with the Coventry Canal (passed by Act of Parliament in 1768) and are listed for group value.
Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands (1966)
Jean Lindsay, The Trent and Mersey Canal (1979)


Listing NGR: SK1408414058

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