Marple Locks Number 3 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Lock and footbridge. 2 related planning applications.
Marple Locks Number 3 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal
- WRENN ID
- outer-lead-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Lock and footbridge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 960 898
- Coordinates
- 53.40528, -2.0611
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Marple Locks Number 3 and the adjoining footbridge, built between 1803 and 1805, were designed by engineers Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown, financed by S. Oldknow and R. Arkwright, and constructed by James and Fox. The lock features dressed stone and ashlar, with a single upper gate and a double lower gate, along with a footbridge at the lower end. It has a 4-meter pound-to-pound level to manage the steep slope. The lock walls are made of large coursed stone blocks with a rounded verge, and the mouth is grooved for stop planks. The gates have been overhauled and are fully functional. The footbridge includes a segmental rusticated keystone arch, an ashlar band, and parapet walls with rounded copings. One end of the footbridge is terminated by a battered square pier with a small flight of steps, while the other end slopes down to the level of the pound.
Local climate
Marple Locks Number 3 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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 — 2 applications
- 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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