Former Lock Keeper'S Cottage Approximately 100 Metres South Of New Marton Bridge

The former lock-keeper's cottage, located approximately 100 meters south of New Marton Bridge, is a building dating from around 1801 that has undergone later additions and alterations. It was constructed as part of William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's Ellesmere Canal. The cottage is made of painted brick and features a hipped slate roof with a square plan. It stands two storeys tall and has a two-window front, characterized by plain pilaster strips at the angles and center. The windows are 19th-century casements, positioned directly below the eaves on the first floor and with segmental heads on the ground floor; the right side has been infilled with a mid-20th-century casement window. The entrance is through a gabled porch with a boarded door located on the left wall, and there is a central red brick ridge stack with a moulded capping. This section of the former Ellesmere Canal was completed around 1801, and the Ellesmere Canal Company merged with the Chester Canal Company in 1813, later becoming part of the Shropshire Union in 1846. New Marton Bridge is not included in this listing.