Weir at Rushes Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. A Georgian Weir.
Weir at Rushes Lock
- WRENN ID
- weathered-dormer-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Weir
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Weir at Rushes Lock, Little London Lane, Woodham Walter
- OS grid reference
- TL 794 090
- Coordinates
- 51.75116, 0.59868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The weir at Rushes Lock, built around 1797, is part of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation and was designed by Chief Engineer John Rennie, with supervision by Richard Coates. It is constructed of red brick and features large granite coping stones and quoins. The retaining walls of the weir curve outwards to the east. The weir is located to the north of Rushes Lock.
Local climate
Weir at Rushes Lock 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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