Macclesfield Canal Drydock on Macclesfield Canal at Sj 9314 7678 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Drydock.
Macclesfield Canal Drydock on Macclesfield Canal at Sj 9314 7678
- WRENN ID
- worn-vault-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Drydock
- Address
- Macclesfield Canal Drydock on Macclesfield Canal at Sj 9314 7678, Bollington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 931 767
- Coordinates
- 53.28784, -2.10447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drydock on the Macclesfield Canal, dating from around 1830, features sandstone rubble walls with heavy hammer-dressed sandstone blocks surrounding it. The drydock has a long rectangular shape that narrows at the west end, where there is a wooden sluice gate operated by a pulley on a 20th-century steel gantry. The floor is sloped towards a central drain. A wet dock of similar shape and construction connects the drydock to the canal. This structure is located at the end of the tramway that ran from Endon quarry to the canal, likely serving boats that transported stone slate.
Local climate
Macclesfield Canal Drydock on Macclesfield Canal at Sj 9314 7678 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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