Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Cottage at Bumblehole Lock is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Cottage.
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Cottage at Bumblehole Lock
- WRENN ID
- cold-lime-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP: Mike Wood (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Cottage at Bumblehole Lock, Wombourne
- OS grid reference
- SO 865 933
- Coordinates
- 52.53761, -2.20039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cottage at Bumblehole Lock is a lock keeper's residence built in the early 19th century. It is constructed of painted brick and features a hipped plain tile roof with overhanging eaves, along with a brick internal stack at the rear. The building has two storeys and includes two windows with glazing bar casements that have semi-circular heads. There is a central six-panel door framed by a wooden doorcase and topped with a bracketed cornice hood. This cottage is part of a charming group alongside Bumblehole bridge and lock.
Local climate
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Cottage at Bumblehole Lock receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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