Kennet and Avon Canal, Kennet Lock, Immediately North of Town Bridge, The Nursery is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1990. Lock.

Kennet and Avon Canal, Kennet Lock, Immediately North of Town Bridge, The Nursery

WRENN ID
heavy-basalt-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 November 1990
Type
Lock
Address
Kennet and Avon Canal, Kennet Lock, Immediately North of Town Bridge, The Nursery, Devizes
OS grid reference
SU 000 617
Coordinates
51.35451, -2.00065
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kennet Lock, located immediately north of Town Bridge at The Nursery, is an integral part of the Kennet and Avon Canal. It was built in the early 19th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The lock features a brick chamber topped with stone coping and has stone quoins at the gate recesses. It includes two sets of double wooden gates, with the top gates operated by mechanical ground paddle gearing and the bottom gates using hydraulic gate paddle gearing. The Kennet and Avon Canal itself was constructed between 1794 and 1810, with John Rennie serving as the principal engineer.

Local climate

Kennet and Avon Canal, Kennet Lock, Immediately North of Town Bridge, The Nursery receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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