BOT196: Stenwith Lock House, in 2007
Introduction These pictures are of the old lock-keeper’s house at Stenwith, Lincolnshire, by Lock 13 on the Grantham Canal. They have been assembled from two sets of photographs (combined in this archive as BOT196). One was taken by Mrs Margaret Langton, comprising pictures of Sidney and Ronald Damms taken some time before 2007, and a large series showing the house and its surroundings after the cottage’s final resident, Sidney Damms, left the house in 2007 and the site was being cleared in preparation to be put on sale. The second set was taken by Neil Fortey when he visited the house in 2007 with Mrs Langton, shortly after Mr Damms had left. These pictures capture the house and environs just as they were when Sidney Damms had last been there, surrounded by undisturbed ground and the sheds the Damms had constructed to store their various acquisitions. Afterwards, the house lay empty until recently, and suffered vandalism and then in 2017 a serious fire. It is now thankfully being restored and made habitable once again.
Read about the history of the Lock House and the Damms family
Read about Sidney Damms’ service record and imprisonment
Creator Neil Fortey
Place Stenwith, Lincolnshire
Contributor Neil Fortey, Margaret Langton
Copyright Jointly held by Neil Fortey, Margaret Langton and the Bottesford Local Heritage Project
Reference number BOT/196
Storage location Digital records held by Bottesford Community Heritage Project BOT/196/001
Sidney Damms in the early 2000s, elderly but still with a military bearing, and as a young man in 1937, ...
BOT/196/002
A studio photograph believed to be a family portrait of Sidney Damms taken in 1937 just before he departed as ...
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A photograph taken in the early 2000s of Ronald Damms at the Lock House, Stenwith, where he lived with his ...
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The view from the canal tow path opposite the Lock House
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This picture of the Grantham Canal was taken from the tow path looking northwards along the canal towards Lock 13.
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These gates at Lock 13 gave precarious access to the Lock House.
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Another picture of the lock gates which provided access to the lock house. The gates at this date still held ...
BOT/196/008
Another picture taken from the canal tow path, showing the gates which gave access to the lock house at Lock ...
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This shows the River Devon where it enters the culvert that takes it beneath the Grantham Canal just below Lock ...
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This picture shows the Lock House through the trees, as seen after passing through the gate by the old lock ...
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This picture shows the layout of the house clearly, with the front porch in the centre of the main elevation ...
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This picture shows the rear elevation of the house, the side facing the canal. There are fewer widows on this ...
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In this picture, the Lock House is seen standing rather forlorn in its paddock. The developer has already moved in ...
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A butler’s sink stands in front of the ‘oriel’ window, the walls are painted brickwork, and there is a single ...
BOT/196/017
This picture, taken in artificial light, shows the window curtain above the sink and drainer/work surfaces, in the Lock House ...
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There were two cooking ranges, one in the kitchen, one in the dining room. This is the one in the ...
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This was the interior of the lean-to extension which backed on to the kitchen. In the corner was a small ...
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This picture shows the small table set for three to share a meal.The floor is quarry-tiled. On the sideboard are ...
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This picture is of a corner of the dining room, to the left of the view seen in the previous ...
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In one corner of the living room stood this mechanical wind-up gramophone, complete with a selection of old recordings. There ...
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This picture shows the fire place in the living room. Not satisfied with this coal fire, a calor-gas heater has ...
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This picture shows the built-in wardrobe under the sloping roof of one of the bedrooms in the Lock House, probably ...
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Without proper sewerage, a modern toilet could not be provided, so the traditional WC remained in use, as seen here.
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This stone is believed to mark the burial of Ron Damms’ ashes by his brother in 2004. The site is ...
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