Lock-Keeper's Cottage adjoining Lower Lock Chamber on Montgomeryshire Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 April 1993. Cottage.

Lock-Keeper's Cottage adjoining Lower Lock Chamber on Montgomeryshire Canal

WRENN ID
high-corbel-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 April 1993
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
SJ 253 202
Coordinates
52.77452, -3.10736
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Lock-Keeper's Cottage, located next to the Lower Lock Chamber on the Montgomeryshire Canal, is an original two-storey rubble cottage that faces west, with its gable end oriented towards the canal. The cottage features a pitched slate roof and has a tall brick chimney positioned to the left. The front has two windows with casements that are set beneath later arched brick heads. To the right, there is an offset gabled porch with trellising and a finial.

At the rear, there is a parallel range made of brick and slate, which also has similar casement windows. A low cross-range with a gable is incorporated into the bridge parapet to the east. Additionally, there is a brick outhouse situated in the garden.

Local climate

Lock-Keeper's Cottage adjoining Lower Lock Chamber on Montgomeryshire Canal receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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