Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Lock House, Watford Locks is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1993. Lock house.

Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Lock House, Watford Locks

WRENN ID
steep-crypt-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1993
Type
Lock house
OS grid reference
SP 593 686
Coordinates
52.31234, -1.13152
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lock house at Watford Locks, built around 1815 with later alterations, is possibly designed by Benjamin Bevan and reflects a variant of the 'Old Grand Union' style. It is constructed of painted brick and features a hipped slate roof with a ridge stack and an outshut at the rear. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. The off-centre doorway is fitted with a 20th-century door and is sheltered by an open porch that has a pitched roof, largeboard, and finial. Flanking the doorway are two single 4-light casement windows with cambered arches. Above these, there are two slightly smaller, small-pane, 2-light casement windows, also with cambered arches. The cottage has significant group value with the nearby Watford Locks.

Local climate

Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Lock House, Watford Locks receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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