Town Lock Up (Port of Guildhall House) is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1972. Lock up.
Town Lock Up (Port of Guildhall House)
- WRENN ID
- over-slate-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1972
- Type
- Lock up
- Address
- Town Lock Up (Port of Guildhall House), St Peter's Hill, Grantham, NG31 6PY
- OS grid reference
- SK 915 356
- Coordinates
- 52.91057, -0.64013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Lock Up, also known as the Port of Guildhall House, is a small rectangular brick building dating from the 19th century. It is a single-storey structure featuring a brick eaves cornice supported by modillions. The roof is slate, and there is a pediment above a round-headed door that has a stone arch and recessed reveals. The door itself is made of plain wood and is complemented by iron-barred radial fanlights. Additionally, there are two small window openings, each with cambered brick arches and stout iron railings.
Local climate
Town Lock Up (Port of Guildhall House) 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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