Crane on East Side of Leeds and Liverpool Canal Basin is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1984. Crane. 3 related planning applications.

Crane on East Side of Leeds and Liverpool Canal Basin

WRENN ID
endless-thatch-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds South MP: Hilary Benn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1984
Type
Crane
Address
Crane on East Side of Leeds and Liverpool Canal Basin, Canal Wharf, LS11 5BB
OS grid reference
SE 297 330
Coordinates
53.79314, -1.54927
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a crane located on the east side of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Basin, dating from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and stands on a hexagonal concrete plinth. Historically, even though the canal's significance diminished with the rise of railways, the canal wharf continued to serve as an important stone depot. Arthur Speight established a company around 1830, and by 1893, David Speight was promoting himself as a stone merchant and contractor, highlighting the large stone wharves for stock, stables, plant, and offices, with a workforce of 70 to 100 people, primarily dealing with Bolton Wood stone.

Local climate

Crane on East Side of Leeds and Liverpool Canal Basin receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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