Toll House At Brentford Lock

The Toll House at Brentford Lock is a canal toll house built in 1911. It is constructed from stock brick with black brick dressings and features a Westmoreland slate roof, complete with terracotta ridge tiles and a yellow and black brick chimneystack that has a stone cornice and terracotta chimneystacks. The building is one storey high and has two windows on the front. There are splayed bays at each end, which contain wooden casement windows. The eaves cornice projects and is supported by large wooden brackets and colonnettes. The central doorcase is off-center and has a chamfered wooden lintel. The original four-panelled door has deep fielded lower panels, with one panel of engraved glass remaining in the top right-hand panel, while the other has been replaced. To the right side of the entrance, there are two steps and a large curved iron footscraper. The rear elevation features a projection with one window and a door in a cambered entrance. The front elevation includes an attached cement flower bed border.

Inside, the layout consists of a lobby with a manager's office, a clerk's office, and a washroom at the rear. The manager's office includes built-in cupboards with a ledger rack at the top, a tiled fire surround, and a four-panelled door. The clerk's office is equipped with a built-in desk that is ramped on two sides and has brass fittings for recording tolls, along with a half-glazed door for toll payments.