Rochdale Canal Lock Number 83, to the East of Tariff Street is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Canal lock. 1 related planning application.
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 83, to the East of Tariff Street
- WRENN ID
- vast-rubblework-dock
- 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 848 983
- Coordinates
- 53.4817, -2.22931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 83, located to the east of Tariff Street, is a canal lock built around 1800 for the Rochdale Canal Company. It is currently disused and constructed from coursed squared sandstone with wooden gates. The lock chamber has a width of 14 feet and features pairs of gates, along with a ladder positioned in the center of the north side. This lock is part of a group that includes Brownfield Mill, Binns Place, and the towpath ramp opposite.
Local climate
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 83, to the East of Tariff 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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