River Trent Navigation, Stop Lock,West Side of Tamworth Road Bridge,Sawley is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1996. Stop lock.
River Trent Navigation, Stop Lock,West Side of Tamworth Road Bridge,Sawley
- WRENN ID
- sombre-forge-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1996
- Type
- Stop lock
- Address
- River Trent Navigation, Stop Lock,West Side of Tamworth Road Bridge,Sawley, Lockington-Hemington
- OS grid reference
- SK 470 309
- Coordinates
- 52.87399, -1.30205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stop Lock on the River Trent, located on the west side of Tamworth Road Bridge in Sawley, dates from the late 18th century and is possibly the work of engineer John Jessop. It is constructed of dressed stone and features a chamfered ashlar low-sided chamber and coping. The chamber walls slope down from the gates to a lower level at the center of the lock. The lock has ashlar wing walls and coping, with pairs of top and bottom gates that include rack and pinion gate paddles and wooden balance beams. The only notable alteration is the later concreted lower quadrant, which has blue engineering heel grips. This stop lock was designed to control water flows and minimize water loss during low river levels, making it an unusual and well-preserved example. The bridge itself is not included in this listing.
Local climate
River Trent Navigation, Stop Lock,West Side of Tamworth Road Bridge,Sawley sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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