Lock-Up is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Lock-up.

Lock-Up

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1968
Type
Lock-up
Address
Lock-Up, the Cross, Buckland Dinham
OS grid reference
ST 754 512
Coordinates
51.25978, -2.35274
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lock-up, dating from the 18th century, is a small square structure built of coursed and squared rubble. It features a pyramidal stone slate roof topped with a ball finial. The front has a door opening with a 4-centred stone surround and a studded plank door. At the rear, there is a small oval iron barred opening set in a stone surround. Inside, the ceiling is vaulted and made of stone.

Local climate

Lock-Up receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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