Second Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Canal lock. 1 related planning application.

Second Lock

WRENN ID
lesser-pilaster-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1972
Type
Canal lock
Address
Second Lock, Kennet and Avon Canal, BA2 4JF
OS grid reference
ST 758 645
Coordinates
51.37978, -2.34891
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Second Lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal lock built around 1800 and restored in 1978. It was designed by engineer John Rennie. The lock features a brick-lined basin with stone dressings, along with restored gates, balance beams, and paddle gear. The canal itself was authorized in 1794 and officially opened in 1810.

Local climate

Second Lock receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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