British Waterways Office is a Grade II listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1974. Office. 3 related planning applications.

British Waterways Office

WRENN ID
seventh-doorway-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Blackburn MP: Mr Adnan Hussain (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1974
Type
Office
Address
British Waterways Office, Eanam Wharf
OS grid reference
SD 689 282
Coordinates
53.74931, -2.47306
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The British Waterways Office, located at Eanam Wharf, was built in the first quarter of the 19th century. This single-storey building features stone construction with an old flag roof and a cornice. It has a curved design at each end and is adorned with stone-mullioned windows and double sash windows. The rear side facing the street includes three 2-light stone-mullioned windows and a square loading bay. The British Waterways Office, along with No 50 (Canal House), Bank Cottage, warehouses, and a capstan, creates a notable group of canal architecture.

Local climate

British Waterways Office sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2011
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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