Ashton Canal Lock Number 1 Immediately East of Great Ancoats Street is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Canal lock. 3 related planning applications.

Ashton Canal Lock Number 1 Immediately East of Great Ancoats Street

WRENN ID
slow-panel-blackthorn
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 852 981
Coordinates
53.48009, -2.22307
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashton Canal Lock Number 1 is located immediately east of Great Ancoats Street in Manchester. This canal lock was built between 1792 and 1799 and has undergone some alterations. It is constructed from large blocks of millstone grit and features wooden gates. The lock is a narrow type, with a chamber that is 7 feet wide. On the south side, there is an overflow channel, and a central island with a curved taper at both ends. Stone staircases flank the lower entry at the west end. This lock is the first in a series of 13 similar locks, all of which are still in working order.

Local climate

Ashton Canal Lock Number 1 Immediately East of Great Ancoats Street 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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