Bottom Lock, Ryder's Green Locks (140 Metres North West of Brickhouse Lane) Walsall Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Canal lock.
Bottom Lock, Ryder's Green Locks (140 Metres North West of Brickhouse Lane) Walsall Canal
- WRENN ID
- sombre-storey-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury MP: Antonia Bance (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Canal lock
- OS grid reference
- SO 978 926
- Coordinates
- 52.53189, -2.0333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bottom Lock at Ryder's Green Locks is part of a flight of eight locks on the Walsall Canal, completed in 1786. It is constructed of blue brick, featuring sandstone kerbs in the chambers, although some of these have been replaced with concrete. The lock has single gates and cast iron sluice gear located on each bank on the upstream side. It is situated approximately 400 metres from the second lock.
Local climate
Bottom Lock, Ryder's Green Locks (140 Metres North West of Brickhouse Lane) Walsall Canal receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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