Top Lock, Factory Locks (Approximately 15 Metres West of Factory Road Bridge) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Canal lock.
Top Lock, Factory Locks (Approximately 15 Metres West of Factory Road Bridge) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level
- WRENN ID
- unlit-arch-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury MP: Antonia Bance (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Canal lock
- OS grid reference
- SO 951 926
- Coordinates
- 52.53185, -2.07336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Top Lock at Factory Locks, located approximately 15 meters west of Factory Road Bridge on the Birmingham Canal, was constructed around 1829 and designed by engineer Thomas Telford. This lock is part of a flight of three locks and is built of brick with sandstone kerbs in the lock chambers, although some of these have been replaced by concrete. It features cast iron sluice gear on the upper side and has single gates. This lock raises Telford's New Main Line on the Birmingham Level up to the 473 feet Wolverhampton Level.
Local climate
Top Lock, Factory Locks (Approximately 15 Metres West of Factory Road Bridge) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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