Rochdale Canal Lock Number 50 (Moss Lower Lock) is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1985. Lock. 1 related planning application.
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 50 (Moss Lower Lock)
- WRENN ID
- third-thatch-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1985
- Type
- Lock
- OS grid reference
- SD 903 123
- Coordinates
- 53.60771, -2.14722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 50, known as Moss Lower Lock, was built between 1794 and 1804 and designed by engineer William Jessop. The lock is constructed from dressed stone and was originally designed to accommodate two sets of lower gates for two lengths of boat; the recesses for these gates remain, although only the lower gates were ever fitted. At some point, the lock was heightened by two courses. The mouth features a cast iron lipping. While the lock gates have been completely overhauled, the winding gear is currently not in place.
Local climate
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 50 (Moss Lower Lock) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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