Lock Keepers Toll Office at Head of Farmers Bridge Locks is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Toll office. 1 related planning application.
Lock Keepers Toll Office at Head of Farmers Bridge Locks
- WRENN ID
- salt-window-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Toll office
- Address
- Lock Keepers Toll Office at Head of Farmers Bridge Locks, Kingston Row B1, B1 2AN
- OS grid reference
- SP 060 870
- Coordinates
- 52.48092, -1.91212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lock Keepers Toll Office at the head of Farmers Bridge Locks dates from around 1789 to 1800, coinciding with the opening of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, or possibly from the early 19th century when the roving bridge was built. This single-storey building features a canted front facing the towpath and is constructed of red brick with gault-brick dressings. It has a hipped slate roof and the structure descends through three storeys at the rear, which is against a retaining wall of the canal. The building has revealed glazing bar sash windows.
Local climate
Lock Keepers Toll Office at Head of Farmers Bridge Locks 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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