Gloucester Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1973. Lock. 4 related planning applications.
Gloucester Lock
- WRENN ID
- carved-lime-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1973
- Type
- Lock
- Address
- Gloucester Lock, the Docks, GL1 2FB
- OS grid reference
- SO 826 184
- Coordinates
- 51.86421, -2.25268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gloucester Lock is a lock that connects the Main Basin of the Docks with the River Severn. It was completed in 1799 as a two-chamber lock in a staircase design, created by architect and engineer Robert Mylne and resident engineer James Dadford for the Canal Company. In 1892, it was remodeled into a single chamber for the company and the River Severn Commission. The lock features a concrete-lined basin with ashlar coping on both sides. At each end, there are timber double gates that carry footbridges. Originally, these gates were operated by timber balance beams reinforced with iron girders, but they were later equipped with hydraulic paddle gear. Additionally, separate flood gates are fitted at the north end of the lock.
Local climate
Gloucester Lock receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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