Lock keeper's cottage adjacent to Foxton Top Lock, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1989. Cottage.
Lock keeper's cottage adjacent to Foxton Top Lock, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line
- WRENN ID
- waning-nave-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Lock keeper's cottage adjacent to Foxton Top Lock, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line, LE16 7RA
- OS grid reference
- SP 691 894
- Coordinates
- 52.49883, -0.9833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lock-keeper's cottage adjacent to Foxton Top Lock on the Grand Union Canal Leicester Line, built in the early 19th century. The cottage is constructed of brick, which is now rendered, and features a hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and end stacks. The east front has two storeys and three bays, with a slightly projecting central bay. There is a central doorway with a cambered arch and a 20th-century panel door. To the left and right of the doorway are single 20th-century two-light casements with wooden lintels. Above the doorway, there is a blind opening with a cambered arch, and flanking it are two more single 20th-century two-light casements. The Grand Union Canal, which the cottage is associated with, was engineered by Benjamin Bevan and completed in 1814.
Local climate
Lock keeper's cottage adjacent to Foxton Top Lock, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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