Survey Data
Reg No
21513051
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Lock keeper's house
In Use As
Building misc
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
158235, 157433
Date Recorded
17/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of attached stone and brick buildings, built c. 1770, on the north pier of Lock Quay canal harbour. To west is a three-bay two-storey random rubble limestone building with red brick eaves having a diagonal brick course and no roof. Segmental-arched gauged brick window openings with cut limestone sills and no windows. Attached to east is a single-storey three-bay building with eaves as per pier. Adjacent building with red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with a chamfered ashlar limestone plinth course on a rubble sandstone plinth wall. Also roofless with no windows. The square-headed window openings have carved limestone sills with nose detailing.
Appraisal
This pair of buildings may have been built as lock keeper's house or structures associated with the operation and maintenance of the lock, or indeed may have been associated with the various industrial buildings located close by. The combination of stone and brickwork enhance the overall appearance of this group of architecturally important canal structures.