Building record 10101/0/4 - Linkman's Hut at Tilstone Fearnall Lock

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1330293 (Web Site). SCH6528.

SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL.Grade II Listed Linkman's hut adjacent to Tilstone Fearnall Lock. Mid/late C19. Red and blue header bond brick with stone dressings and brick roof. Circular plan. Canal front: carved 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 Beeston Stone Lock, Tiverton C.P.

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

The hut 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.