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Description: Salterhebble Lock House at SE09512245, off Wakefield Road

Address: Lock Cottage Wakefield Road Salterhebble Halifax West Yorkshire HX3 0QH

Grade: II

Group detail: Calder and Hebble Navigation

Full description:
Lock cottage c1820. Regularly coursed stone with hipped stone slate roof. T-shaped plan with central brick chimney stack. Two storey structure built into natural slope. Main entrance at upper floor facing lock flanked by single rectangular C20 3-light casements set in arched recess. Shallow stone parapet along main facade with pilasters at each end and slightly raised central panel. Entrance doorway C20 glazed door with pointed lead hood. One of a series of Calder and Hebble Navigation Company cottages built between 1770 and 1834. Ref: Workers' Housing in West Yorkshire 1750 - 1920, RCHM 1986.