Site Event/Activity record ECH7377 - Stone Lock Cottage, Beeston Brook, Tilston, Cheshire: Heritage, Design and Access Statement

Heritage Statement produced in 2024 for Stone Lock Cottage prior to its proposed demolition and re-development of the site. It is an unlisted building located adjacent to the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Main Line) and is within the Chester Canal (Ellesmere Port to Nantwich) Conservation Area. It is in the setting of the Grade II* listed Beeston Stone Lock and Grade II listed Linkman’s Hut adjacent to Stone Lock. The Cottage is a one-and-a-half storey, L-shaped building with later extensions and alterations. It is thought to date from the early 19th century and is one of four similar cottages on the Cheshire Main Line of the canal. It is however much altered, to the extent that it has only residual historic interest. The other three similar cottages are less altered and one of them is Grade II listed.