Canal House at Junction of Worcester and Birmingham Canal with the Stratford on Avon Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. House.

Canal House at Junction of Worcester and Birmingham Canal with the Stratford on Avon Canal

WRENN ID
riven-paling-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Northfield MP: Laurence Turner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
House
Address
Canal House at Junction of Worcester and Birmingham Canal with the Stratford on Avon Canal, Lifford Lane B30
OS grid reference
SP 053 793
Coordinates
52.41215, -1.92303
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Canal House at the junction of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal with the Stratford on Avon Canal dates from around 1802 and is more substantial than a typical lock keeper's house. It is a two-storey building made of red brick with painted stone dressings. The canal-facing elevation is symmetrical with three bays, featuring an advanced central bay with splayed corners. It has a shallow frieze, a moulded cornice, and a coped parapet that returns to the sides. The windows are late 19th-century wood casements set in original sash openings, with not gauged brick arches and keystones. The doorway in the central break is adorned with a Doric column entablature. This well-proportioned canal building is situated in a fine setting at the junction of the canals.

Local climate

Canal House at Junction of Worcester and Birmingham Canal with the Stratford on Avon Canal receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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