Sea Lock and Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1984. Wharf.

Sea Lock and Wharf

WRENN ID
quartered-attic-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1984
Type
Wharf
Address
Sea Lock and Wharf, Bowness
OS grid reference
NY 241 622
Coordinates
54.949, -3.18601
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sea lock and wharf, built between 1819 and 1823 for the Carlisle Canal, is constructed from red sandstone ashlar with V-joints and features large granite blocks at the seaward corner. It follows a standard lock design with recesses for two pairs of lock gates, which are now missing, and was designed to accommodate vessels of up to 100 tons, providing access from harbours to the canal basin. The wall of the lock extends to the east at a right angle to form a wharf. The structure remained in use until 1853, when the canal was drained and part of its bed was repurposed for the Port Carlisle Railway.

Local climate

Sea Lock and Wharf sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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