Hobhole Sluice is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 October 1986. Sluice.

Hobhole Sluice

WRENN ID
pale-corridor-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Boston
Constituency
Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 October 1986
Type
Sluice
Address
Hobhole Sluice, Private Road (Anglian Water Authority), Fishtoft
OS grid reference
TF 364 399
Coordinates
52.93954, 0.029
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hobhole Sluice is a sluice built in 1805 by John Rennie, constructed from gritstone ashlar. It features raked and battered flanking walls, with facetted cutwaters, one of which has depth marks in Roman numerals. A plain band runs along the structure, and the coped parapet curves slightly to the end piers. The sluice includes iron sluice gates and stone steps, with a curving wall on the Haven side. It was designed with three openings, each measuring 15 feet, and is part of John Rennie's project for draining the Fen. The waters from the Hobhole drain flow into the Haven at this sluice.

Local climate

Hobhole Sluice sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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