Grand Union Canal Cottage at Lock 23 is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Lock-keeper's house. 2 related planning applications.

Grand Union Canal Cottage at Lock 23

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Lock-keeper's house
Address
Grand Union Canal Cottage at Lock 23, Stoke Hammond, MK17 9DG
OS grid reference
SP 886 299
Coordinates
51.96122, -0.71097
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mid-19th century lock-keeper’s house, situated at Lock 23 on the Grand Union Canal in Stoke Hammond. The house is built of white-washed render with a hipped slate roof and a brick chimney positioned between the right-hand bays. It has two storeys and a basement, with a three-bay front. The ground floor contains a pair of two-light casement windows on the left, a pair of three-light windows on the right, and a 20th-century porch positioned between the left-hand windows. The first floor has a two-light casement window to the right and a pair of two-light casements. A basement door and window are visible in the right-hand end wall, and a lean-to extension is attached to the rear. The building is listed for its group value.

Local climate

Grand Union Canal Cottage at Lock 23 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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