Crowther Hall Lock

Crowther Hall Lock is a lock on the Eastern Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal, built between 1794 and 1797 by engineers John and Thomas Dadford. G.W. Buck served as the engineer for the canal from 1819 to 1831 and introduced a unique system of lock ground-sluice control in 1831, which remains in place at this lock. The canal underwent significant work by the Shropshire Union Canal and Railway Company in the 1880s and 1890s, suggesting that the lock may have been largely rebuilt or repaired during that period.

The lock features a brick-lined chamber with stone copings and timber gates. There is a curved brick retaining wall on the tow-path side next to the lock. The cast-iron lock ground-sluice controls, introduced by G.W. Buck, are also present.

Crowther Hall Lock is recognized as an important part of the engineering of the Montgomeryshire Canal and is listed as part of a group that includes the lock cottage and bridge No 110.