Brick Lodge Cottage, Adjacent Towpath Approximately 400 Metres South West Of Roydon Mill, Near Harlow

TL 30NE 2/24 ROYDON Brick Lock Cottage, adjacent Towpath approximately 400 metres South-West of Roydon II Mill, near Harlow.

Cottage. C1830. Painted brick with slate roof. Two ridge chimneys, one at each end. Basically two cell structure with central doorway with segmental brick arch and timber flush four panel door. Above the door way is an oval plaque with raised hand motif and "G.D. 1830", referring to Sir George Duckett, who was responsible for the construction of the Stort Navigation. On either side of doorway is a two-centred pointed arch window, with cast iron glazing bars in Gothic style and drip mouldings in brick above. Examples of cast iron side hung casement windows on the rear of cottage and on the small brick outbuilding to the NE. An intact example of a lock keeper's cottage standing next to a working lock.

Listing NGR: TL3994609988