Surrey Lock Including Gates, Bollards and Capstans is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1983. Lock. 5 related planning applications.
Surrey Lock Including Gates, Bollards and Capstans
- WRENN ID
- sacred-roof-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1983
- Type
- Lock
- Address
- Surrey Lock Including Gates, Bollards and Capstans, Rotherhithe Street, SE16 5XS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 355 802
- Coordinates
- 51.50457, -0.04802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lock, located on Rotherhithe Street in Southwark, dates to around 1860 and was designed by the engineer Jennings. It features brickwork lined with granite kerbs, and incorporates cast-iron bollards and capstans. The lock originally had double iron-clad gates powered by hydraulics. The lock sides have been restored and the lock filled up to the gates. The structure possesses industrial archaeological interest and represents a good example of lock design during the second period of dock expansion. It is situated in a group that includes the Rotherhithe Tunnel air shaft.
Local climate
Surrey Lock Including Gates, Bollards and Capstans 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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