Kings Norton Guillotine Stop Lock East of Junction of Stratford on Avon Canal with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a Grade II* listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. A Georgian Stop lock.

Kings Norton Guillotine Stop Lock East of Junction of Stratford on Avon Canal with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal

WRENN ID
former-cobalt-khaki
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Northfield MP: Laurence Turner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Stop lock
Period
Georgian
Address
Kings Norton Guillotine Stop Lock East of Junction of Stratford on Avon Canal with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lifford Lane B30
OS grid reference
SP 055 794
Coordinates
52.41322, -1.91947
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kings Norton Guillotine Stop Lock, located east of the junction of the Stratford on Avon Canal with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, dates from around 1794 to 1802. It features a brick-lined, stone-dressed stop lock with a cast iron guillotine gate framework. The guillotine gate operates using a winched counterweight chain mechanism, which runs within a slightly raked cast iron girder frame. The chain passes through a block on the gate and up over two wheels on one side, leading down to a winch. On the opposite side, the chain runs over a wheel supported by an elegant cast iron column before descending with the counterweight into a post.

Local climate

Kings Norton Guillotine Stop Lock East of Junction of Stratford on Avon Canal with the Worcester and Birmingham 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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