Rochdale Canal Lock Number 8 (May Royd Lock) is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Canal lock. 1 related planning application.
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 8 (May Royd Lock)
- WRENN ID
- upper-pewter-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1984
- Type
- Canal lock
- Address
- Rochdale Canal Lock Number 8 (May Royd Lock), Hebden Royd
- OS grid reference
- SD 996 268
- Coordinates
- 53.7381, -2.00663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 8, also known as May Royd Lock, was built in 1798. It features large dressed stone retaining walls that include rebates for gates and is equipped with the facility for a double set of bottom gates.
Local climate
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 8 (May Royd Lock) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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 — 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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