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Latitude: 52.5793 / 52°34'45"N
Longitude: -1.5541 / 1°33'14"W
OS Eastings: 430314
OS Northings: 298041
OS Grid: SP303980
Mapcode National: GBR 5HP.9WW
Mapcode Global: WHCHD.3F7G
Plus Code: 9C4WHCHW+P9
Entry Name: Cottage with Attached Lobby, Walled Yards and Wash House at Atherstone Lock Number 5 Coventry Canal
Listing Date: 19 November 1992
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1262618
English Heritage Legacy ID: 434562
ID on this website: 101262618
Location: Atherstone, North Warwickshire, CV9
County: Warwickshire
District: North Warwickshire
Civil Parish: Atherstone
Built-Up Area: Atherstone
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire
Church of England Parish: Merevale with Bentley
Church of England Diocese: Birmingham
Tagged with: Cottage
The following Buildings shall be added:-
ATHERSTONE COVENTRY CANAL
SP 39 NW
2/10002 Cottage with attached lobby,
walled yards and wash house at
Atherstone Lock No 5
GV II
Lock cottage, now pair of cottages. Built for Coventry Canal CO. L C18
or C19 extended in mid C19. Painted brick. Slate roof with gable stack
and ridge stack. Rear extension with gable stack. Dentilled cornice
and gables. Canal front: 3 bays, 2 storeys. Central doorway with
cambered arch to through passage dividing dwellings. To left of
doorway a 3-light central opening casement with cambered arch. To
right, a smaller 3-light casement followed by a 3-light central
opening casement, both with cambered arches. Above, a range of 3, 3-
light central opening casements with flat arches. Mid C19 front
extension consists of bay to right of ridge stack. Adjoining is a
lock-keeper's lobby: mid C19, brindled brick with plain tile roof,
ridge stack and gable stack. Doorway with stone lintel and plank door,
flanked by single windows with stone lintels and sills and C20
casements. Lobby and cottage both have adjoining mid C19 walls with
basket-arched doorways giving into small yards, that to left of
cottage with attached wash-house. A rare example of a Canal Co.
cottage with surviving yards and outbuildings.
Listing NGR: SP3031498041
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