Beeston Stone 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.

Beeston Stone Lock

WRENN ID
forgotten-pinnacle-evening
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
Beeston Stone Lock, Shropshire Union Canal, Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall
OS grid reference
SJ 556 596
Coordinates
53.13221, -2.6645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Beeston Stone Lock is a canal lock built around 1772, located on the Shropshire Union Canal. 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

Beeston Stone Lock receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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