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Designated  

05/04/1993  

05/04/1993  

Former Wharfinger's House including brick boundary wall to road  

1 The Locks  

Powys  

Carreghofa  

 

Carreghofa Locks  

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320263  

 

Situated on the north bank of the dock between the upper and lower locks at north end of Montgomeryshire Canal. Lies between canal bridge 95 and the bridge over the by-pass culvert to the north.  

Transport  

 

Probably 1794-7, enlarged in early C19.  

Single pile, rubble with walls raised in brick and rear wing added over earlier brick extension. Slate roof, two brick end stacks and brick stack to north of wing. Two storeys, two windows to road, tall basement storey with plank doors exposed to canal side. Sliding horizontal sashes under gently cambered heads, gabled timber porch with finial. Blind north gable, south gable with splayed bay and cambered basement openings. Five-sided splayed bay with small-pane glazing projects on timber supports. Brick boundary wall to road with stone capping and timber gates; comments with bridge parapet over Montgomeryshire Canal. Dominant central building in an exceptionally fine group of canal structures at Carreghofa Locks.