Tapton Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Chesterfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 December 1979. Lock. 1 related planning application.
Tapton Lock
- WRENN ID
- rusted-brass-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chesterfield
- Constituency
- Chesterfield MP: Mr Toby Perkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 December 1979
- Type
- Lock
- Address
- Tapton Lock, Lockoford Lane, S41 7JB
- OS grid reference
- SK 387 729
- Coordinates
- 53.25191, -1.4213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tapton Lock, built around 1777, is part of the Chesterfield Canal, originally designed by James Brindley and completed by his brother-in-law, Henshall. This narrow lock is constructed of stone and features a brick band with stone coping. The entrance is made of stone-coped brickwork.
Local climate
Tapton Lock receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- 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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