Wyndford Lock-Keeper's Cottage, Forth And Clyde Canal is a Grade B listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 June 1986. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.

Wyndford Lock-Keeper's Cottage, Forth And Clyde Canal

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Lanarkshire
Constituency
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch MP: Katrina Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 June 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Wyndford Lock-Keeper's Cottage, Forth And Clyde Canal, FK4 2HW
OS grid reference
NS 775 787
Coordinates
55.98643, -3.96363
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Wyndford Lock-Keeper's Cottage, built around 1770, is a two-storey, three-bay former lock keeper's cottage located along the Forth and Clyde Canal. The building features squared rubble with ashlar dressings. A tall single-storey lean-to extension was added in the later 20th century on the ground floor to the east.

The south elevation, which faces the canal, is a single-storey former entrance façade at the upper floor level. It has a central gabled entrance bay with a raised, chamfered door architrave. Flanking windows have raised, chamfered margins and stone cills, and there is a rectangular moulded cornice along the eaves and gable.

On the west elevation, there is a window located on the first floor to the right. The north elevation is two storeys high with three bays at the ground floor. The central opening has been converted from a doorway, while there are single openings in the flanking bays. The second bay features two narrow openings, positioned off-centre to the left and right, with the left opening being shorter than the right, possibly indicating a later addition. All openings have raised, chamfered margins, and the entrance is accessed through the extension on the east side.

The east elevation includes openings on the ground floor to the right and on the first floor to the left, with the extension located at the centre of the ground floor.

Local climate

Wyndford Lock-Keeper's Cottage, Forth And Clyde Canal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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