Village Lock Up or Cage is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1960. Lock-up.
Village Lock Up or Cage
- WRENN ID
- pitched-finial-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock MP: James McMurdock (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1960
- Type
- Lock-up
- Address
- Village Lock Up or Cage, High Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 642 819
- Coordinates
- 51.51237, 0.36603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Lock-up or Cage is a 17th century or early 18th century building located on the north side of High Road in Orsett. It is a single-storey structure made of black weatherboard and timber framing. The building features small barred windows and a plank door fitted with heavy hinges, topped by a hipped roof covered in plain tiles. Adjacent to the lock-up is a village pound, which is a small enclosure made of split oak rails and posts.
Local climate
Village Lock Up or Cage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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