Anton's Gowt Lock is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Lock. 3 related planning applications.
Anton's Gowt Lock
- WRENN ID
- empty-window-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Lock
- Address
- Anton's Gowt Lock, Fishtoft, Boston
- OS grid reference
- TF 300 474
- Coordinates
- 53.00863, -0.06358
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Anton's Gowt Lock is a pound-lock located on the Fen drains, built between 1802 and 1812 by the engineer John Rennie. The lock underwent alterations in 1848 during the construction of the Great Northern Railway's Lincolnshire loop line. It features ashlar stonework, along with some wood and iron elements. The structure includes two gates and has battered pecked gritstone ashlar side walls with wide curved gate rebates. There are two sets of massive wood and iron lock gates, with the southernmost gate set higher than the other. The top of the chamber is accessible via steps. At the northern end, there are gritstone ashlar abutments with sunk panels that once supported the railway bridge, which has since been removed following the line's closure. The lock provides access to the navigable drains on East, West, and Wildmore fens, an area that was drained and enclosed by Rennie during the early 19th century.
Local climate
Anton's Gowt Lock sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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