Bottomlock House 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 keeper's house. 1 related planning application.
Bottomlock House on Peak Forest Canal
- WRENN ID
- grim-pewter-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Lock keeper's house
- Address
- Bottomlock House on Peak Forest Canal, SK6 5LB
- OS grid reference
- SJ 958 899
- Coordinates
- 53.40669, -2.06348
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A lock keepers house, dating from around 1800, situated on the Peak Forest Canal. The house is constructed of irregular rubble with stone dressings, and has a slate roof and a brick stack. It follows a double-depth plan, with two storeys at the front and three at the rear, along with a small lean-to at the rear and a 20th-century extension to the right. Stone quoins are present. A door with flat-faced monolithic jambs and lintel is located on the left side. There are three-light stone mullion windows with 20th-century leaded casements to each floor, and four single-light openings to the left gable.
Local climate
Bottomlock House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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