Lock at Southeast End of Shropshire Union Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Lock.

Lock at Southeast End of Shropshire Union Canal

WRENN ID
empty-brass-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton West MP: Warinder Juss (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1992
Type
Lock
Address
Lock at Southeast End of Shropshire Union Canal, City of Wolverhampton
OS grid reference
SJ 901 020
Coordinates
52.61609, -2.14666
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a stop lock located at the southeast end of the Shropshire Union Canal, built in 1835 for the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal Company. The lock features stone coping and single gates. It was constructed at the request of the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal Company to prevent the Shropshire Union Canal Company from taking their water.

Local climate

Lock at Southeast End of Shropshire Union Canal receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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