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/196/029
With the house vacated, the developer has cleared the site of trees and undergrowth as well as the turf that ...
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This picture, looking towards the boundary of the lock house site, shows the two rows of sheds, with open fields ...
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This is one of a number of larger pieces of agricultural machinery, too large to be stored inside the shed ...
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A variety of items of old farm machinery lay abandoned in the undergrowth around the rickety sheds at the Lock ...
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These sheds, constructed by the Damms out of old doors, corrugated iron sheeting and other materials salvaged from here and ...
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This shed, made out of corrugated iron, was marked out by an old sign reading “Danger – Radioactive Material – ...
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This picture shows that expanse of thrown out bottles and other ‘stuff’ beneath the trees on one side of the ...
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A view of the Lock House surrounded by the trees that had grown up to enclose most of the ground ...
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This view is looking from the NW margin of the Lock House site, across the River Devon (more of a ...
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This is the first image from the set of photographs taken by Neil Fortey in spring of 2007. At this ...
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In this view, the lady peering into the lean-to is Mrs Margaret Langton, who generously guided Neil Fortey around the ...
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This shows the two stages of addition of lean-to extensions at the NW end of the Lock House. The older ...
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This shows the interior of one of the rooms, probably the under-stairs cupboard, with its small window. Pots and pans ...
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Tools hanging in one of the sheds used as a tool store.
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Another view showing the sink and draining boards in front of the kitchen in the Lock House.
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This shows more clearly the original flagstone floor of the kitchen.
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This is where most food was prepared and tea was brewed. There was no electricity supply, so coal provided warmth ...
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In this picture is the well-laid flagstone floor of the Lock House kitchen.
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This shot fits the feeling of a house left suddenly, without any time to tidy up.
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This picture looks along the length of the ground floor, from the dining-room across the cross-passage and into the living-room. ...
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As seen earlier in the sequence, this shows the interior of the dining, simple but pleasant, with the old sewing ...
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There were two sewing machines. This one had a mechanical treadle, and fly wheel and belt to power the machine, ...
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The staircase had a door at the bottom and was boxed in, to reduce drafts. There was an understairs cupboard ...
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