Llangollen Canal Willeymoor Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1985. Canal lock. 2 related planning applications.
Llangollen Canal Willeymoor Lock
- WRENN ID
- third-kitchen-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1985
- Type
- Canal lock
- Address
- Llangollen Canal Willeymoor Lock, Tushingham-Cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, SY13 4HF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 534 451
- Coordinates
- 53.00166, -2.69507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Willeymoor Lock, located on the Llangollen Canal and constructed around 1800, was designed by the notable engineers William Jessop and Thomas Telford. The lock is made of brick with stone copings, although the copings on the eastern edge of the lock basin have been replaced with concrete. It features single upper and double lower timber gates, and there is an original brick-lined spillway on the east side. A mid-20th century footbridge to the north of the lower gates is not considered of special interest. The eastern half of the lock is situated in the parish of Wirswall and has a separate listing.
The Llangollen Canal, which spans 46 miles, was designed between 1793 and 1805 and originally formed part of the Ellesmere Canal, later becoming part of the Shropshire Union Canal network. Willeymoor Lock was built around 1800 during the peak of the Canal Age, a period that marked a significant transport revolution in Britain. The lock is well preserved, with only minor repairs and alterations, and it holds group value with a nearby Grade II listed small canal stable building.
Local climate
Llangollen Canal Willeymoor Lock receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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