Lock Cottage

Lock Cottage was built between 1819 and 1821 by the Eastern Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal and was further extended in the early 19th century. The exterior features painted brick with a dentilled eaves band and a slate roof, along with gable end stacks. The cottage is two storeys high with a two-unit plan, and it has a central doorway in a shallow gabled timber porch facing the lock. Above the doorway is a single two-light casement window, while this elevation has no other windows. Small-paned casement windows are located alongside the gable end stacks and on the east-facing elevation, all with plain timber lintels. A single-storey extension to the north is a 20th-century remodelling of an earlier addition. Lock Cottage is listed as a well-preserved example of an early Montgomeryshire Canal lock-keeper's house and is part of a group of canal structures at Pool Quay.