Lock on Cromford Canal at Sk442 515 is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 2004. Canal lock.

Lock on Cromford Canal at Sk442 515

WRENN ID
young-steeple-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley MP: Linsey Farnsworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 January 2004
Type
Canal lock
Address
Lock on Cromford Canal at Sk442 515, Ironville
OS grid reference
SK 441 515
Coordinates
53.05944, -1.34202
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lock on the Cromford Canal, located at SK442 515, dates from around 1793 and has undergone alterations in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It was engineered by William Jessop and Benjamin Outram and is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with moulded dressings and copings. The lock features a narrow chamber that runs from the north-west to the south-east, with indented housings for lock gates at both ends, although these gates have now been removed. Adjacent to the lock is a narrow dry dock channel, which used to be accessible from the north-west end and runs parallel to the lock chamber. This lock is part of a short flight of three locks on the Jacksdale section of the Cromford Canal and is one of the few surviving locks on its eastern end. It forms a group with the nearby lock at SK440 517 and the lock at SK443 506.

Local climate

Lock on Cromford Canal at Sk442 515 receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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