Lock Keeper's Cottage Number 79 at Witton, Tame Valley Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Lock Keeper's Cottage Number 79 at Witton, Tame Valley Canal

WRENN ID
solitary-lantern-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Perry Barr MP: Ayoub Khan (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Cottage
Address
Lock Keeper's Cottage Number 79 at Witton, Tame Valley Canal, Deykin Avenue B6, B6 7BL
OS grid reference
SP 087 907
Coordinates
52.51483, -1.87237
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lock Keeper's Cottage Number 79 at Witton, located on the Tame Valley Canal, dates from around 1840 to 1850. This two-storey building is constructed of red brick, featuring burnt brick rusticated raised quoins. It has a hipped slate roof topped with heavy conical chimney stacks. The front of the cottage is slightly asymmetrical with three bays, and it includes 2-light casements set in chamfered reveals. To the left, there is a small canted bay window with iron glazing, and the doorway also has a chamfered reveal.

Local climate

Lock Keeper's Cottage Number 79 at Witton, Tame Valley Canal receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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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