Description

TL 30NE 2/24 ROYDON Brick Lock Cottage, adjacent
Towpath approximately 400
metres South-West of Roydon
II Mill, near Harlow.

Cottage. C1830. Painted brick with slate roof. Two ridge chimneys, one at each end.
Basically two cell structure with central doorway with segmental brick arch and timber
flush four panel door. Above the door way is an oval plaque with raised hand motif and
"G.D. 1830", referring to Sir George Duckett, who was responsible for the construction
of the Stort Navigation. On either side of doorway is a two-centred pointed arch
window, with cast iron glazing bars in Gothic style and drip mouldings in brick
above. Examples of cast iron side hung casement windows on the rear of cottage and
on the small brick outbuilding to the NE. An intact example of a lock keeper's
cottage standing next to a working lock.

Listing NGR: TL3994609988

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26404785

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)