Lock Cottage at Bourton Lock Oxford Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Lock cottage.
Lock Cottage at Bourton Lock Oxford Canal
- WRENN ID
- hidden-moat-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Lock cottage
- OS grid reference
- SP 464 438
- Coordinates
- 52.09076, -1.32395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lock Cottage at Bourton Lock is a mid-19th century building located on the Oxford Canal. It is constructed of red brick and features a slate roof with brick end stacks. The cottage has a two-unit plan, is two storeys high, and has a three-window range. The entrance, located to the right, consists of a plank door with a wood lintel and a gabled hood above. This entrance is flanked by single light windows that have shutters. On the first floor, there are three 2-light casement windows with small panes, all set beneath brick flat arches. A brick flat band runs along the first floor, and there is a brick dentilled eaves cornice. The stretch of the Oxford Canal from Coventry to Banbury was completed by 1778.
Local climate
Lock Cottage at Bourton Lock Oxford Canal sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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