Retaining Wall and Sluice at North Western End of the Lake is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Retaining wall and sluice.

Retaining Wall and Sluice at North Western End of the Lake

WRENN ID
sharp-trefoil-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maldon
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1985
Type
Retaining wall and sluice
Address
Retaining Wall and Sluice at North Western End of the Lake, Braxted Park Road, Great Braxted
OS grid reference
TL 851 156
Coordinates
51.80919, 0.68442
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall and sluice at the northwestern end of the lake were built in the 18th or early 19th century for the Du Cane family. Constructed of red brick with stone coping, the wall surrounds the northwestern end of the lake. It is located approximately 170 meters from the north corner of the lake, near the Cave/Icehouse, and about 50 meters south of the cave is the sluice. Lake Lodge is situated south of the sluice, with access provided by a later plain wooden bridge over the sluice. The sluice walls are at least 7 meters deep, featuring a plinth and terminating in a sluice gate that has upper and lower arches. Above the plinth on the north wall of the sluice, there are two culvert arches.

Local climate

Retaining Wall and Sluice at North Western End of the Lake 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 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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