Trent and Mersey Canal Yard Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1992. Canal lock. 1 related planning application.
Trent and Mersey Canal Yard Lock
- WRENN ID
- burning-rafter-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1992
- Type
- Canal lock
- Address
- Trent and Mersey Canal Yard Lock, Stone, ST15 0TT
- OS grid reference
- SJ 900 337
- Coordinates
- 52.90149, -2.14902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Trent and Mersey Canal Yard Lock is a canal lock built between 1771 and 1772 by the engineer James Brindley. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and features a narrow design. The lock includes steps leading to a footbridge at the lower end, double lower gates, and a single upper gate, all made of steel. There is also a side pound to the northeast.
Local climate
Trent and Mersey Canal Yard Lock receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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