Bridge Lock on Canal Link from River Dee to Chester Basin is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1998. Broad lock. 1 related planning application.
Bridge Lock on Canal Link from River Dee to Chester Basin
- WRENN ID
- eastward-ashlar-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1998
- Type
- Broad lock
- Address
- Bridge Lock on Canal Link from River Dee to Chester Basin, Shropshire Union Canal
- OS grid reference
- SJ 399 666
- Coordinates
- 53.19336, -2.89972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bridge Lock on the canal link from the River Dee to Chester Basin is a broad lock built in the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed from brick and sandstone and features two pairs of timber and steel lock-gates. The lock chamber has brick walls, with sandstone copings, pavement, and corners for the recesses of the lower gates. Additionally, there are stone-coped retaining walls at the lower entrance to the lock. The Raymond Street bridge, which is not included in this listing, spans the lock.
Local climate
Bridge Lock on Canal Link from River Dee to Chester Basin receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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