Rochdale Canal Lock Number 84 (Dale Street Lock) is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Canal lock. 2 related planning applications.
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 84 (Dale Street Lock)
- WRENN ID
- first-keystone-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Canal lock
- OS grid reference
- SJ 847 981
- Coordinates
- 53.47976, -2.23151
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dale Street Lock, also known as Lock Number 84 on the Rochdale Canal, was built between 1804 and 1805 for the Rochdale Canal Company and has since been restored. The lock is constructed from coursed squared sandstone and features wooden gates. It has a chamber that is 14 feet wide, with pairs of gates at both ends and a ladder located in the center of the south side. This lock is the first in a series of nine locks that connect the former Rochdale Canal basin at Dale Street to the Bridgewater Canal basin at Castlefield, and all are still in working order. Dale Street Lock is part of a group that includes the nearby Dale Street Warehouse.
Local climate
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 84 (Dale Street Lock) 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 84% 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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- 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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