Moor Hatches is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1988. Water sluice.
Moor Hatches
- WRENN ID
- third-gable-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1988
- Type
- Water sluice
- Address
- Moor Hatches, Wilsford Cum Lake
- OS grid reference
- SU 138 409
- Coordinates
- 51.16781, -1.80303
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moor Hatches is a structure located in West Amesbury, dating from the 18th or early 19th century. It consists of drowning sluices for the water meadows in the area, constructed from limestone. The structure features six channels that are separated by stone piers, each approximately 2 meters long and 30 centimeters wide, with a chamfered edge on the upriver end. The stone piers have grooves designed to accommodate six timber hatches, which are horizontally boarded through a central timber that includes a perforated plate on the rear face and a roller guide on the front. Each hatch is equipped with a header baulk that has an iron wishbone ratchet and a notch for a crowbar. A timber plank footway is also present. To the west, the meadow includes a fairly complete system of branching header channels and herringbone spreader leets, which are controlled by timber sluices, all forming a cohesive group.
Local climate
Moor Hatches receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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