Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Lock-Keeper's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Lock-Keeper's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tall-plinth-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SJ 705 656
- Coordinates
- 53.18754, -2.442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lock-keeper's cottage on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal was built in 1829 or shortly thereafter. It is constructed of painted brick and features a roof made of shaped clay tiles. The cottage is two storeys high and has two windows, with a projecting cross-gable on the right side. To the left, there is a one-storey wing that also has a slightly projecting cross-gable. The windows include one small-pane casement and several four-pane casements, although some windows in the one-storey wing have been altered. A square one-storey bay window allows the lock-keeper a full view of the canal. The window heads are cambered. There is a lateral chimney on the right side, a ridge chimney at the junction of the two-storey wings, and another chimney on the left one-storey wing, all of which have diminishing square flues. The cottage is listed for its group value.
Local climate
Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Lock-Keeper's Cottage receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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