Lock Cottage and Former Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. House.
Lock Cottage and Former Lock
- WRENN ID
- tenth-hearth-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lock Cottage and Former Lock, Withington
- OS grid reference
- SO 566 441
- Coordinates
- 52.09377, -2.63392
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lock Cottage, originally a lock keeper's cottage, is now a dwelling built around 1843. It features coursed sandstone with a slate roof and brick stacks. The building has a rectangular plan aligned east to west on the north side of the former Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal. It is two storeys high with three windows. The south elevation has glazing-bar sashes, with the central first-floor window being blind. The entrance is located on the north side. The east cross-wing is not included in this description. To the south, there is the site of the adjoining lock, which contributes to the current terrace.
Local climate
Lock Cottage and Former Lock receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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