Reg No
14929012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Lock keeper's house
In Use As
Lock keeper's house
Date
1840 - 1850
Coordinates
194680, 213068
Date Recorded
09/10/2004
Date Updated
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Detached three-bay single-storey stone lock keeper's house, built in 1843. Hipped natural slate roof with pair of stone chimneystacks. Single-bay single-storey projecting pedimented central bay. Square-headed windows openings with timber sash windows. Lean-to porch extension to rear and lean-to outbuilding to rear. Cast-iron mooring bollards to front of house facing onto canal.
This house forms part of a group with the related canal structures in the area. Its simple design has a pleasing symmetry and it retains much original materials and fabric making it a charming addition to the canal. It was erected by the Shannon Commission engineer Thomas Rhodes in 1843. Cast-iron mooring bollards manufactured by Fenton, Murray and Jackson Engineers Leeds.