Bottom Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Canal lock. 3 related planning applications.

Bottom Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level

WRENN ID
half-pilaster-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Canal lock
OS grid reference
SO 998 899
Coordinates
52.5071, -2.00409
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bottom Lock at Spon Lane Locks is part of a flight of three locks on the Wolverhampton Level of the Birmingham Canal, likely built around 1790. This construction followed the reduction of Brindley's original flight of six locks, which was established in 1769. The lock is made of brick, featuring sandstone kerbstones that have been partly replaced with concrete. It includes cast-iron sluice gear, with a single upper gate and a double lower gate. The Old Main Line on the Wolverhampton Level was bypassed by Telford's New Main Line on the Birmingham Level in 1829.

Local climate

Bottom Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level 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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