Buxworth Canal Basin. Wharfinger's House and Office is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1980. House.
Buxworth Canal Basin. Wharfinger's House and Office
- WRENN ID
- frozen-zinc-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Buxworth Canal Basin. Wharfinger's House and Office, Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside
- OS grid reference
- SK 018 821
- Coordinates
- 53.33592, -1.97372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wharfinger's House and Office, located at Buxworth Canal Basin, is a former wharfinger's house now used as a residence. It was built around 1800 by B. Outram and is constructed from coursed, squared gritstone with gritstone dressings and a slate roof. The building features a central stone ridge stack and stands two storeys tall.
On the south elevation, there is a doorcase with flush jambs and a moulded hood to the west, leading to a 20th-century panelled door. To the east, there is a casement window with a flush surround and a projecting sill, with two similar windows above it. Further east, next to the door, is another similar window, with a single similar window above it. The east gable wall has two two-light flush mullion windows and a single window, which together form a five-light window. There is an additional single window on the north side.
The building is listed for its historical significance as part of the Peak Forest Canal, and it served as an office for checking the tonnage passing through the gauging lock. It is situated by Buxworth Canal Basin, which is a Scheduled Site.
Local climate
Buxworth Canal Basin. Wharfinger's House and Office sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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