Ashton Canal Lock Number 7 with Roving Bridge Immediately East of Mill Street Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1991. Canal lock, bridge. 1 related planning application.
Ashton Canal Lock Number 7 with Roving Bridge Immediately East of Mill Street Bridge
- WRENN ID
- small-sentry-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1991
- Type
- Canal lock, bridge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 869 988
- Coordinates
- 53.48578, -2.19765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This canal lock and associated roving bridge date from around 1792 to 1799, built for the Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne Canal Company. The lock is constructed of large millstone grit blocks with wooden gates. It is a narrow type, with a chamber 7 feet wide. The north jamb of the lower gates is inscribed with “1865.” The roving bridge, which crosses the lower lock entry, has a cobbled, dog-legged ramp on its north side, along with a stone slab wall and cast-iron fencing. This lock forms a group with the lock-keeper's cottage to the south and Mill Street Bridge to the west. It is the fifth in a series of 13 similar locks that are all currently in working order.
Local climate
Ashton Canal Lock Number 7 with Roving Bridge Immediately East of Mill Street Bridge 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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