Pound Lock on Swift Ditch at Su 5126 9666 is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Pound lock.
Pound Lock on Swift Ditch at Su 5126 9666
- WRENN ID
- solitary-chancel-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Pound lock
- Address
- Pound Lock on Swift Ditch at Su 5126 9666, Culham
- OS grid reference
- SU 512 966
- Coordinates
- 51.66639, -1.26021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pound Lock on Swift Ditch, built around 1620, features squared coursed stone sides with 19th-century red brick repairs. Although the gates are missing, some timber work is still visible. This lock was constructed as part of the Oxford-Burcot Commission, established by Acts in 1605 and 1624 to enhance the River Thames. It is one of several locks built during that period, including others at Burcot and Ditchley, which no longer exist. The tackle was dismantled in 1790 when Abingdon Lock was constructed.
Local climate
Pound Lock on Swift Ditch at Su 5126 9666 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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