Shropshire Union Canal Tyrley Lock Number 5 is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1991. Lock.

Shropshire Union Canal Tyrley Lock Number 5

WRENN ID
gentle-threshold-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Constituency
Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1991
Type
Lock
Address
Shropshire Union Canal Tyrley Lock Number 5, Loggerheads
OS grid reference
SJ 687 329
Coordinates
52.89341, -2.46568
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tyrley Lock Number 5 is a lock on the Shropshire Union Canal, built between 1827 and 1833, with 20th-century alterations. It was designed by Thomas Telford. The lock features a brick and stone chamber with concrete coping on the off side and stone coping on the towpath side. The head walls are made of brick with concrete coping, while the tail walls are constructed of brick with both brick and concrete coping, including steps on the off side. The lock has a single wooden top gate equipped with one mechanical gate paddle gearing and two mechanical ground paddle gearings, along with a concrete heel grip platform. Additionally, there are double wooden bottom gates with two mechanical gate paddle gearings and brick and concrete heel grip platforms.

Local climate

Shropshire Union Canal Tyrley Lock Number 5 receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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