Coventry Canal, Atherstone Top Lock and Basin Below to North West is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1988. Canal lock, basin.
Coventry Canal, Atherstone Top Lock and Basin Below to North West
- WRENN ID
- inner-mortar-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1988
- Type
- Canal lock, basin
- OS grid reference
- SP 305 975
- Coordinates
- 52.57483, -1.55037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Atherstone Top Lock and basin on the Coventry Canal, built in the 1780s with later repairs, is a canal lock and basin constructed from English bond brick, featuring a coping made of large sandstone blocks. The end wall to the right of the lock has large quoins, although some parts of the coping have been replaced with concrete blocks. The basin's retaining walls also incorporate large sandstone blocks. At the time of the survey, the basin was drained. The lock features both single and double gates. The section of the Coventry Canal from Atherstone to Fazeley was completed by 1790.
Local climate
Coventry Canal, Atherstone Top Lock and Basin Below to North West receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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