Lock Keeper's Cottage at Vale Royal Locks is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
Lock Keeper's Cottage at Vale Royal Locks
- WRENN ID
- gilded-panel-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Lock Keeper's Cottage at Vale Royal Locks, Weaver Navigation, Davenham, CW8 2BB
- OS grid reference
- SJ 641 704
- Coordinates
- 53.23007, -2.53917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lock Keeper's Cottage at Vale Royal Locks is a Grade II listed building dating from around 1850, which was relocated to its current site approximately in 1890. It is constructed of red sandstone ashlar and features a slate roof. The cottage is two storeys high and faces the river.
The central projecting porch wing has a ground floor door with a four-centred arch and a hood mould. A band runs between the floors, continuing around the building. On the first floor, there is a cross window with a chamfered mullion and transom. The gable displays the Delamere coat of arms. Lateral cross windows are found in the recessed bays on both the right and left sides, with ground floor windows featuring hood moulds.
Both the right and left returns have canted bay windows, likely added around 1890, along with a rear addition that probably dates from the same period. The cottage was moved approximately 20 yards northward during the construction of the new large lock.
Local climate
Lock Keeper's Cottage at Vale Royal Locks receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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