Tilstone Fearnall Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1986. Canal lock. 2 related planning applications.

Tilstone Fearnall Lock

WRENN ID
ruined-paling-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1986
Type
Canal lock
Address
Tilstone Fearnall Lock, Shropshire Union Canal, Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall, CW6 9QH
OS grid reference
SJ 567 593
Coordinates
53.12989, -2.648
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tilstone Fearnall Lock is a canal lock built around 1772. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features wooden gates. The lock has a rectangular shape, with ashlar walls and pairs of wooden lock gates at both ends.

Local climate

Tilstone Fearnall Lock receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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