Roundham Lock, Oxford Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Lock. 1 related planning application.
Roundham Lock, Oxford Canal
- WRENN ID
- cold-rubblework-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Lock
- Address
- Roundham Lock, Oxford Canal, Kidlington
- OS grid reference
- SP 483 140
- Coordinates
- 51.82275, -1.29971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Roundham Lock on the Oxford Canal is a lock built in the mid-19th century. It features retaining walls made of English bond brick topped with limestone ashlar coping. The lock has wooden gates that operate with cast-iron winching runners. The Oxford Canal itself was completed in 1790.
Local climate
Roundham Lock, Oxford Canal sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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