Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Lock No.23 (Lime Kiln Lock and Adjoining Tailbridge No.75 and Aqueduct No. 74) is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Canal lock.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Lock No.23 (Lime Kiln Lock and Adjoining Tailbridge No.75 and Aqueduct No. 74)
- WRENN ID
- drifting-moat-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Canal lock
- OS grid reference
- SD 995 063
- Coordinates
- 53.55344, -2.00825
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lock No. 23, also known as Lime Kiln Lock, along with the adjoining tailbridge No. 75 and aqueduct No. 74, is located on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in Saddleworth. It was constructed between 1794 and 1799, designed by engineer Benjamin Outram. The lock features hammer-dressed stone and has a single upper gate and double lower gates. It is grooved for stop planks and includes a boatman's ladder that was added during the 1984 restoration. The walls of the lock display several stonemason's marks.
The tailbridge at the lower end of the lock has an elliptical arch, with a parapet wall that includes a stone band and round-topped copings. This parapet is terminated by a square pier at one end and slopes down to the towpath level at the other end. The aqueduct at the higher end of the lock features a skew-segmental arch span, battered side walls with a stone band and coping, and battered square piers that flank the arch and terminate the walls.
Local climate
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Lock No.23 (Lime Kiln Lock and Adjoining Tailbridge No.75 and Aqueduct No. 74) 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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