Building record 10101/0/2 - Linkman's Hut adjacent to Beeston Stone Lock

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1130523 (Web Site). SCH6528.

SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL - Linkman's hut adjacent Beeston Stone Lock, Grade II Listed. Mid/Late C19. Red and blue header bond brick with stone dressings and brick roof. Circular plan. Canal front: curved plank door to centre with chamfered stone lintel. Square windows to the sides with chamfered sills and lintels. Roll moulded stone coping and parapet above. Domed roof with central chimney pot. There is a similar hut adjacent Tilstone Fearnall lock.

<2> Donald Insall Associates Ltd, 2024, Stone Lock Cottage, Beeston Brook, Tilston, Cheshire: Heritage, Design and Access Statement, R4824 (Client Report). SCH9744.

To the south-west of Beeston Stone Lock is a circular brick “hut”, probably mid-late 19th century, with a domed roof, stone cornice and boarded door. Adjacent is a short exposed section of the overflow (spillway) channel, allowing excess water to bypass the lock. This would have been used by a “linkman” or “lengths-man” who maintained this stretch of the canal. It is one of three similar round huts on the canal, which form a unique group.