Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Top Lock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Lock house. 3 related planning applications.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Top Lock Cottage

WRENN ID
frozen-clay-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Lock house
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Top Lock Cottage, Colne, BB8 9QT
OS grid reference
SD 868 403
Coordinates
53.85899, -2.20073
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th-century lock house, situated at Barrowford Locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, near Colne. The building is constructed of dressed stone with a stone slate roof. It is a two-story structure with two windows, and features gable chimneys. A central doorway provides access. The windows are 4-pane sashes with simple stone surrounds. The building is listed at Group Value only.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Top Lock Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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 — 2 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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