Lock-Keeper's Cottage adjoining Lower Lock Chamber on Montgomeryshire Canal, Carreghofa (Carreghwfa), Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7745 / 52°46'28"N

Longitude: -3.1073 / 3°6'26"W

OS Eastings: 325394

OS Northings: 320233

OS Grid: SJ253202

Mapcode National: GBR 71.Y7P8

Mapcode Global: WH794.7JKB

Plus Code: 9C4RQVFV+R3

Entry Name: Lock-Keeper's Cottage adjoining Lower Lock Chamber on Montgomeryshire Canal

Listing Date: 5 April 1993

Last Amended: 5 April 1993

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 14189

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300014189

Location: On south bank of Montgomeryshire Canal, abutting bridge No 95.

County: Powys

Community: Carreghofa (Carreghwfa)

Community: Carreghofa

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

Tagged with: Lock keeper's house

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History

Built about 1819 when the first lock-keeper was appointed, extended and improved later in C19.

Exterior

Original two-storey rubble cottage facing west with gable end to canal. Pitched slate roof, tall brick stack inserted to left. Two-window front with casements under (later) arched brick heads, offset gabled and trellised porch to right with finial.

Parallel brick and slate range to rear, similar casements; low cross-range with gable incorporated into bridge parapet to E. Brick outhouse in garden.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with other canal structures in exceptional location at Carreghofa Locks.

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Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

II Lower Lock Chamber
To the west of Bridge 95 carrying the by-road over the Montgomeryshire Canal.
II Bridge 95 over the Montgomeryshire Canal adjoining No 1 The Locks
Carries the by-road from the B4398 over the Montgomeryshire Canal towards Clawdd-Coch; crosses between upper and lower sets of locks. Lock Keeper's Cottage abuts roadway on W side.
II Lock Gates and Paddle Gear
To east of Bridge 95 over canal.
II Lower Lock Chamber to W of No 1 THe Locks
Includes culvert under by-pass bridge to north of canal bridge 95 over Montgomeryshire Canal.
II Lock Gates and Paddle Gear
To the west of Bridge 95 carrying the by-road over the Montgomeryshire Canal.
II Crane on North Quayside of Upeer Lock immediately E of No.1 The Locks
Believed to have been relocated in present position beside Monntgomeryshire Canal.
II Former Wharfinger's House including brick boundary wall to road
Situated on the north bank of the dock between the upper and lower locks at north end of Montgomeryshire Canal. Lies between canal bridge 95 and the bridge over the by-pass culvert to the north.
II Pigsty with Walled Pen to E of No 1 The Locks
Lies between the former Wharfinger's House and the Gauger's Hut on the north bank of the upper lock.

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Lock-Keeper's Cottage adjoining Lower Lock Chamber on Montgomeryshire Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Carreghofa (Carreghwfa), Powys