The Old Lock Up is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Lock up. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Lock Up
- WRENN ID
- rooted-lancet-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Lock up
- Address
- The Old Lock Up, Newcastle Street, Tuxford
- OS grid reference
- SK 735 708
- Coordinates
- 53.22957, -0.89975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Lock Up is a lock up building dated 1823, constructed of red brick with some stucco. It features a hipped pantile roof and dogtooth eaves. The building is single storey and consists of three bays. The central doorway has a panelled iron door with a single long hinge, set under a cambered arch. On either side of the doorway are single recessed round arched blind panels, each containing a small circular opening with iron bars. Above the doorway is an oval stucco panel that is also dated 1823.
Local climate
The Old Lock Up 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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