Rushes Lock and Lock Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. A Georgian Lock and lock gates.
Rushes Lock and Lock Gates
- WRENN ID
- burning-beam-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Lock and lock gates
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Rushes Lock and Lock Gates, Little London Lane, Woodham Walter
- OS grid reference
- TL 794 090
- Coordinates
- 51.75096, 0.59819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rushes Lock and Lock Gates are located on the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation and were constructed around 1797. The chief engineer was John Rennie, with supervision by Richard Coates. The structure is built of red brick in English bond, featuring large granite coping stones and quoins. The wooden gates are equipped with cast iron ties and winding gear. Additionally, there are circular cast iron bollards along the tow paths. This lock is part of the original navigation complex, which includes Langford Lock.
Local climate
Rushes Lock and Lock Gates sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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