Trent And Mersey Canal, House And Attached Canal Office

This is a house and attached canal office, likely built around 1820 with an extension added around 1840. The building is constructed of English garden wall bond and Flemish bond brickwork, with a graded grey slate roof over the office and a grey slate roof over the house. The house is two storeys high and has three windows. The central and left bays of the house were built around 1840 using redder brick in a Flemish bond pattern. The front features a replaced door with a radial bar fanlight within an ornate, flat-roofed porch of cast iron, alongside a 6-pane casement window to the right and a 6-pane French window to the left. Three 6-pane casement windows light the upper storey. A flush gable chimney is positioned to the left, and a ridge chimney sits between the central and right bays. The right bay, dating back to around 1820, is adjoined to the office, which is single-storey and has two windows. A round-arched passage connects the office to the house, featuring a carved head as a keystone. The office windows are 3-light, small-pane casements set under gauged brick cambered arches, without cills. The right gable end of the office, which overlooks the towpath and canal, has a decorative gabled oriel window with round cast-iron mullions, supported by a large shaped red sandstone corbel and further embellished with ornate fretted bargeboards. Inside the office, a round-arched doorway connects the rooms. The interior of the house was not inspected.