Huddersfield Narrow Canal Lock Adjacent to Ward Road Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1995. Farmhouse, cottage.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Lock Adjacent to Ward Road Bridge
- WRENN ID
- vacant-tracery-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1995
- Type
- Farmhouse, cottage
- OS grid reference
- SE 002 075
- Coordinates
- 53.56481, -1.99703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal Lock, located adjacent to Ward Road bridge in Diggle, is a narrow pond lock that dates from between 1799 and 1810 and was designed by Benjamin Outram. It was restored in 1991. The lock features offside stone steps leading down to ground level at the tail. There is a single wooden tail beam and a pair of raking cast-iron ground paddle gearings on the offside. The chamber is constructed of hammer dressed stone, which includes mason's marks. The dressed copings appear to be of early 19th century origin. Additionally, there is a single wooden head gate, also equipped with paired raking cast-iron ground paddle gearing, and a wooden tail bridge with black and white handrails.
Local climate
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Lock Adjacent to Ward Road Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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