Lock Cottage

Lock Cottage
Lock Cottage, Buscot
Map
Interactive map of the Lock Cottage area
General information
TypeCottage
LocationBuscot, Oxfordshire, England
Completed
1791
OwnerIn the care of the National Trust
Website
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-berkshire/lock-cottage
Listed Building – Grade II

Lock Cottage is a late 18th century, grade II listed lock keeper's cottage on Buscot Lock, the smallest lock on the Thames, in Buscot, Oxfordshire. It was built by Edward Loveden Loveden and is owned by the National Trust.[1]

History

Lock Cottage was built around 1791.[2] The original building was a square, two-storey block, located on a small peninsula next to a weir at Buscot on the River Thames. It was built to house a relief lock keeper, after Loveden, owner of Buscot Park, had "headed a commission to improve the navigation of the upper Thames."[3] Loveden, as president of the committee, became known as "Old Father Thames" for this work.[4] The first lock keeper to live there was Robert Gearing.[5]

The keeper's role was two-fold: collecting tolls (Loveden "made a fortune" from toll fees)[6] and looking after three fishtanks, described as a "fish-house which cannot be robbed",[7] located on the north side of the house. These tanks supplied Buscot Park with a steady supply of fish for the kitchens.[8]

Buscot Park, including Lock Cottage, was bequeathed to the National Trust by philanthropist and businessman Edward Cook in 1955.[9][10] New accommodation, "New Lock House,"[11] was built for the lock keeper in 1971.[12] Since 1988, Lock Cottage has been run as a National Trust holiday cottage.[13] The cottage received a grade II listing in 1990.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Lock Cottage". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
  2. ^ Kemplay, John (2000). The Thames Locks. Gloucestershire, UK: Ronald Crowhurst. p. 17. ISBN 0951896415.
  3. ^ Greeves, Lydia (1996). Country cottages in England and Wales. London, UK: Pavillion. p. 124. ISBN 9781857937046.
  4. ^ Winn, Christopher (2010). I never knew that about the River Thames. London, UK: Ebury. p. 28. ISBN 9780091933579.
  5. ^ Thacker, Fred. S. (1968) [1920]. The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weir. David & Charles. p. 44. ISBN 0-7153-4233-9.
  6. ^ Winn, Christopher (2010). I never knew that about the River Thames. London, UK: Ebury. p. 28. ISBN 9780091933579.
  7. ^ Kemplay, John (2000). The Thames Locks. Gloucestershire, UK: Ronald Crowhurst. p. 17. ISBN 0951896415.
  8. ^ Greeves, Lydia (1996). Country cottages in England and Wales. London, UK: Pavillion. p. 124. ISBN 9781857937046.
  9. ^ Waterson, Merlin (2011). A noble thing: the National Trust and its benefactors. London, UK: Scala. p. 329. ISBN 9781857596694.
  10. ^ Collins, E J T; Giles, A K; Malleson, J G K (1989). Innovation and conservation: Ernest Edward Cook and his country estates. Reading, UK: University of Reading. p. 9. ISBN 0704907089.
  11. ^ "Skipper sends thanks to all the river folk". Sunday Mirror. London, UK. 1974-03-18. p. 26.
  12. ^ Eade, Brian (1997). Along the Thames. Stroud, UK: Sutton Pub. p. 11. ISBN 9780750915434.
  13. ^ Peter Chaplain (1988-03-24). "Thames Buscot cot". Staines and Ashford News. Staines, UK. p. 33.
  14. ^ "Lock Cottage". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-11-10.

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