Aire and Calder Navigation, Selby Canal, Selby Lock is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1980. Canal lock.
Aire and Calder Navigation, Selby Canal, Selby Lock
- WRENN ID
- bitter-banister-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Selby MP: Keir Mather (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1980
- Type
- Canal lock
- OS grid reference
- SE 622 321
- Coordinates
- 53.78229, -1.05743
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Selby Lock on the Aire and Calder Navigation, built between 1775 and 1778, was engineered by William Jessop, with John Gott as the resident engineer and John and James Pinkerton as contractors. The lock features massive ashlar kerbstones and retaining walls that are splayed at either end, along with iron bollards and mooring irons. It has two wooden lock gates and a cast iron paddle mechanism that is embossed with "John Sturge and Co. Bowling Iron Works. Aire and Calder Navigation 1828." The construction of the Selby Canal began in 1775, and it was officially opened on 29 April 1778. Although John Smeaton was initially involved with the project, he delegated the surveying work to his assistant, William Jessop, who later gained recognition for his role in the Grand Junction Canal.
Local climate
Aire and Calder Navigation, Selby Canal, Selby Lock 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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