Banknock, Wyndford Lock, Forth And Clyde Canal, Lock Keeper's Bothy is a Grade C listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 June 2014. Bothy.
Banknock, Wyndford Lock, Forth And Clyde Canal, Lock Keeper's Bothy
- WRENN ID
- eternal-slate-nightshade
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch MP: Katrina Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 June 2014
- Type
- Bothy
- OS grid reference
- NS 775 787
- Coordinates
- 55.98616, -3.96355
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Lock Keeper's Bothy at Wyndford Lock on the Forth and Clyde Canal is likely from the mid-19th century. It is a small, square building made of white painted brick, topped with a piended slate roof and featuring a stack on the west side. The bothy is located on the south side of the canal, directly opposite the former lock keeper's cottage. It has rectangular window openings on the east and west sides, with a 4-pane timber glazing pattern on the west.
The interior, which was observed in 2013, consists of a single room that includes a stone fire surround.
Local climate
Banknock, Wyndford Lock, Forth And Clyde Canal, Lock Keeper's Bothy sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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