Lock Keeper's Cottage at Top Lock and Attached Front Garden Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. A Late C18 or early C19 Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Lock Keeper's Cottage at Top Lock and Attached Front Garden Wall

WRENN ID
south-cornice-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 May 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Lock Keeper's Cottage at Top Lock and Attached Front Garden Wall, Withington Lane
OS grid reference
SD 607 067
Coordinates
53.55617, -2.59326
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lock Keeper's Cottage is located at the top lock of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The cottage is constructed from dressed stone and features a slate roof. It is two storeys high and has two bays, with a lean-to extension on the right side. The windows have plain surrounds and are fitted with 20th-century paired sashes. The entrance also has a plain surround and a 20th-century door. There are gable-end stacks, and the extension includes a window and an entrance. The property is complemented by a front garden wall with coping.

Local climate

Lock Keeper's Cottage at Top Lock and Attached Front Garden Wall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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