The Lock Up is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. A C18 Lock-up. 3 related planning applications.
The Lock Up
- WRENN ID
- muted-attic-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Lock-up
- Address
- The Lock Up, East Street, Lacock, SN15 2LF
- OS grid reference
- ST 916 684
- Coordinates
- 51.41519, -2.12153
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lock Up is a late 18th century village lock-up. It is constructed of ashlar stone and has a square plan.
The building features coursed ashlar walls with a low plinth and a band at cornice level, topped by a domed ashlar roof with a ball finial. There are two buttresses on the north side, and to the west, the lock-up is connected to the adjacent tithe barn by a wall that includes a timber door providing access to the lock-up.
The door is adorned with iron studs and thick straps with decorative ends, leading into a small flagged yard that is covered with an iron grille. Inside, the studded door to the lock-up has a chamfered surround. The interior contains a lavatory and a modern timber bed. The lock-up does not have windows but features a high ventilation hole.
Local climate
The Lock Up receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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