Ashton Canal Lock Keepers Cottage on South Side of Lock Number 7 of Ashton Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1991. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Ashton Canal Lock Keepers Cottage on South Side of Lock Number 7 of Ashton Canal
- WRENN ID
- silent-forge-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1991
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SJ 869 987
- Coordinates
- 53.48568, -2.19747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lock-keeper's cottage, located on the south side of Lock Number 7 of the Ashton Canal, was built in 1865, as indicated by the date on the door lintel. It is constructed of brown brick in stretcher bond, featuring a band of black and white brick, painted sandstone dressings, and a slate roof. The cottage has a double-depth, double-fronted plan and stands two storeys tall with a symmetrical facade that has two windows.
At the center, there is a gabled porch with the date "A.D. 1865" on the lintel and a pitched roof with projected verges. The ground floor has transomed tripartite casement windows, while the first floor features 2-light casements. All windows have raised sills and large rectangular lintels, with a brick sill-band running around the building. The roof has overhanging eaves and verges, and gable chimneys. The cottage is part of a group that includes Lock Number 5 and Bridge Number 9 (Mill Street Bridge).
Local climate
Ashton Canal Lock Keepers Cottage on South Side of Lock Number 7 of Ashton Canal 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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