Maud Foster Sluice is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. A C19 Sluice. 3 related planning applications.
Maud Foster Sluice
- WRENN ID
- other-ledge-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Sluice
- Address
- Maud Foster Sluice, Windsor Bank, PE21 0AF
- OS grid reference
- TF 335 430
- Coordinates
- 52.96843, -0.01301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Maud Foster Sluice is a sluice on the Maud Foster Drain, built in 1807 by John Rennie, with some minor alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed from gritstone ashlar, iron, and wood. The sluice features three elliptical archways and has two projecting faceted piers on each side. It has coped parapet walls with a decorative band. Sloping splayed retaining walls with returns are present on both sides. The iron-bound timber sluice gates are still operational and are managed by a gantry-mounted pulley system. The piers support later access walkways, and the parapet walls are topped with later steel balustrading. This sluice was part of a larger project aimed at reclaiming the East, West, and Wildmore Fens between 1803 and 1813.
Local climate
Maud Foster 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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