Lock Keepers Cottage At Chemistry Lock, With Walled Yard And Privy

Lock keeper's cottage at Chemistry Lock, with a walled yard and privy, dates from around 1800. It is constructed of painted brick and features a grey slate roof. The building has an L-shaped plan and is two storeys high. The side facing the canal has a flush gable end with a four-flue chimney and a small window on each storey. The left side has a projecting gable end with a replaced cross-casement window on the ground floor and a four-pane horned recessed sash window on the first floor, along with a door on the side of the rear wing. The rear of the cottage has a gable end with a four-pane casement window on each storey. The interior has not been inspected. A circular-section culvert runs beneath the cottage and the detached privy, which is located across the small yard. The yard is made of brick and has a single-pitch roof with a boarded door. The privy, now conventionally drained, was originally designed to discharge into the sluiceway beneath, similar to a monastic rere-dorter.