Grand Union Canal Pumping Station to North of Grand Union Canal at Three Locks is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Pumping station. 4 related planning applications.
Grand Union Canal Pumping Station to North of Grand Union Canal at Three Locks
- WRENN ID
- standing-thatch-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Pumping station
- Address
- Grand Union Canal Pumping Station to North of Grand Union Canal at Three Locks, Soulbury, MK17 9DD
- OS grid reference
- SP 891 283
- Coordinates
- 51.94691, -0.70395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grand Union Canal Pumping Station, located to the north of the canal at Three Locks, was built between 1838 and 1841 and is now disused. It is constructed of brown brick in English bond with offset eaves and features a hipped slate roof. The building is single-storey and consists of three bays. On the right side, there are two windows with semi-circular arched heads and cast iron glazing bars that include ornamental roundels at the intersections. To the left, there is a boarded door with a semi-circular radiating fanlight. Additionally, there are double doors at the southeast end and a lower range at the rear.
Local climate
Grand Union Canal Pumping Station to North of Grand Union Canal at Three Locks sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2010
- 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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