Rochdale Canal Lock Number 91 at East End of Gaythorn Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1986. Canal lock.
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 91 at East End of Gaythorn Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- silent-window-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1986
- Type
- Canal lock
- OS grid reference
- SJ 834 975
- Coordinates
- 53.47455, -2.25071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 91 is located at the east end of Gaythorn Tunnel and was built between 1804 and 1805 for the Rochdale Canal Company. The lock is constructed of coursed squared sandstone and features wooden gates. It has a chamber that is 14 feet wide, with pairs of gates at both ends. There is a ladder in the center of the north side and a towpath "island" on the south side, which includes a curved stone staircase at the lower end. This lock is the eighth in a series of nine locks that connect the former Rochdale Canal basin at Dale Street with the Bridgewater Canal basin at Castlefield, and it is still in working order. The lock forms a group with the Lock Keeper's Cottage located on the north side.
Local climate
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 91 at East End of Gaythorn Tunnel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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