The Lock Up is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1965. Lock-up.
The Lock Up
- WRENN ID
- ghost-gargoyle-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1965
- Type
- Lock-up
- Address
- The Lock Up, Ashby Road, Packington
- OS grid reference
- SK 361 148
- Coordinates
- 52.73013, -1.46574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lock-up is an 18th-century structure located on Ashby Road in Packington. This small, one-storey building has an octagonal plan and features a pyramidal octagonal brick roof topped with a stone finial and a stone ball. There is a stone string course that runs between the walls and the roof. The front angle of the building has a rounded arch doorway, which contains a 20th-century door.
Local climate
The Lock Up receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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