Marple Locks Number 15 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. Waterway structure, footbridge. 2 related planning applications.

Marple Locks Number 15 and Adjoining Footbridge on Peak Forest Canal

WRENN ID
silent-tower-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Waterway structure, footbridge
OS grid reference
SJ 961 885
Coordinates
53.39354, -2.05994
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lock and adjoining footbridge date from 1803 to 1805 and form part of the Peak Forest Canal. They were engineered by Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown, financed by Samuel Oldknow and Richard Arkwright, and built by James and Fox. The lock is constructed of dressed stone and ashlar, and has a single upper gate and a double lower gate. It accommodates a 4-meter pound-to-pound level to deal with the steepness of the slope. The lock walls are built from large coursed stone blocks with rounded verges, and the lock mouth is grooved for stop planks. The footbridge has a segmental rusticated keystone arch, an ashlar band, and parapet walls with rounded copings. One end is terminated by a battered square pier with a small abutting flight of steps, while the other end sweeps down to the level of the pound.

Local climate

Marple Locks Number 15 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
  • 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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