Rochdale Canal Lock 28 Birks Mill Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Canal lock. 1 related planning application.
Rochdale Canal Lock 28 Birks Mill Lock
- WRENN ID
- standing-rampart-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1984
- Type
- Canal lock
- Address
- Rochdale Canal Lock 28 Birks Mill Lock, Todmorden
- OS grid reference
- SD 935 219
- Coordinates
- 53.69419, -2.09958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Birks Mill Lock, also known as Lock 28 on the Rochdale Canal, was built in 1798. It features large rusticated stone blocks for its retaining walls, which include rebates for gates. The lock is designed to accommodate a double-set of bottom gates.
Local climate
Rochdale Canal Lock 28 Birks Mill Lock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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
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- 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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