This delightful little cottage sits in fields on the side of the canal. You can hear the waterfall as you walk around the property, such a peaceful, beautiful location.
The cottage has no electricity and from information found on the internet an estate agent had said the house used to be home to two old men who were relatives, but one died and the other could not keep it going.
The cottage has been for sale for years but has never sold, the estate agent said-
"When I first viewed the property I found it hard to believe someone could live in a house like this until only a few months ago. (2007)
"But there is the old adage that a house is worth what someone is prepared to pay.
"It has been difficult to fix a price because there is nothing to compare it to. It is unique, which is part of the value of it."
The cottage has never been sold most possibly due to no road access.
The Lock House is presumed to have been built to house the lock keeper responsible for Lock 19 on the Grantham Canal. The canal was opened in 1797, the longest of the ten canals in the region to have been engineered by the notable canal engineer William Jessop. It was 33 miles long, with 18 locks and 69 overbridges, and attained its most profitable return in 1841. Traffic and business declined following the canal's acquisition by the Grantham to Nottingham Railway Company in 1861, although it remained in use until 1936, when it was closed by the then owners, the London and North East Railway. With the nationalisation of the railways in 1947, the canal network was largely nationalised too, and in 1963, the canal became the responsibility of the British Waterways Board. The Board placed the canal in a 'remaindered' state in 1968, keeping the watercourse in water, but not in a navigable state.
The survival of an unaltered and unenlarged canal building dating to the most prolific period of canal construction is now extremely rare.
The Lock Keepers cottage is now Grade II listed.
The cottage has no electricity and from information found on the internet an estate agent had said the house used to be home to two old men who were relatives, but one died and the other could not keep it going.
The cottage has been for sale for years but has never sold, the estate agent said-
"When I first viewed the property I found it hard to believe someone could live in a house like this until only a few months ago. (2007)
"But there is the old adage that a house is worth what someone is prepared to pay.
"It has been difficult to fix a price because there is nothing to compare it to. It is unique, which is part of the value of it."
The cottage has never been sold most possibly due to no road access.
The Lock House is presumed to have been built to house the lock keeper responsible for Lock 19 on the Grantham Canal. The canal was opened in 1797, the longest of the ten canals in the region to have been engineered by the notable canal engineer William Jessop. It was 33 miles long, with 18 locks and 69 overbridges, and attained its most profitable return in 1841. Traffic and business declined following the canal's acquisition by the Grantham to Nottingham Railway Company in 1861, although it remained in use until 1936, when it was closed by the then owners, the London and North East Railway. With the nationalisation of the railways in 1947, the canal network was largely nationalised too, and in 1963, the canal became the responsibility of the British Waterways Board. The Board placed the canal in a 'remaindered' state in 1968, keeping the watercourse in water, but not in a navigable state.
The survival of an unaltered and unenlarged canal building dating to the most prolific period of canal construction is now extremely rare.
The Lock Keepers cottage is now Grade II listed.
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Love it!! What a fantastic spot right by the canal?! Such ashame that it is in the state that it is in. My list is now getting longer
