Lock keeper's cottage, Stenwith, Lincs, December 2015

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HughieD

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Try to find something new to do rather than do revisits let alone re-re-visits but was in the area with my camera. Wasn't going to bother at first but then what struck me was home different this place looks in winter. In spring and summer trees hide the house from view of the canal tow-path and dense brambles make the out-buildings a challenge to get to. Not so in winter so I had a another look round. The history has been done before but it's here in its full glory on one of my two previous reports:

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/rural-sites/29746-lock-keepers-cottage-stenwith-near-grantham-september-2014-a.html?highlight=stenwith

The first thing that greets you is the lock itself:

23827620540_0a9b0a4bab_b.jpgimg3301 by HughieDW, on Flickr

As you get near the cottage can be made out through the trees:

24040640671_7abc31a548_b.jpgimg3302 by HughieDW, on Flickr

It hasn't changed so much over the last year or so:

24123185575_114d4ebfec_b.jpgimg3304 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Mainly due to the roof being in tact:

24123146375_a188dd735d_b.jpgimg3305 by HughieDW, on Flickr

...although the local yobs have smashed every single window:

23496309473_2ef02081b8_b.jpgimg3306 by HughieDW, on Flickr

The dining room still looks cosy:

24097002246_123aa9d902_b.jpgimg3307 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And the kitchen range is still there:

24040448501_814b32ccfd_b.jpgimg3308 by HughieDW, on Flickr

But as previously reported someone has pulled the sink off the wall:

24014919272_c0d4e0ebe8_b.jpgimg3309 by HughieDW, on Flickr

No one has nicked the tin!

24122540095_28d5569c70_b.jpgimg3328 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Or the up-stairs fireplace:

24096437716_1fd8c6f64e_b.jpgimg3331 by HughieDW, on Flickr

The bed's still there:

23754697809_53265ea4c5_b.jpgimg3332 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Love the black and red tiled flooring downstairs:

23826802800_c74897d7ac_b.jpgimg3333 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Some crap graff has appeared in the living room:

24015222932_2a450a46e9_b.jpgimg3335 by HughieDW, on Flickr

But this is just bizarre:

24039838421_a68f5d4d40_b.jpgimg3334 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Next door is a wood-burning stove:

23755206179_dfd73e6430_b.jpgimg3310 by HughieDW, on Flickr

...in the out-house to the left:

24040338051_ef752d58fa_b.jpgimg3311 by HughieDW, on Flickr

24096569706_efec440631_b.jpgimg3324 by HughieDW, on Flickr

So then on to the extensive sheds and out-buildings:

23827228710_1ddd3f88f2_b.jpgimg3312 by HughieDW, on Flickr

24096775236_34dc760912_b.jpgimg3313 by HughieDW, on Flickr

This looks like on old car's gear nob:

23495989113_b1b8d7c662_b.jpgimg3317 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Some old draws:

23827103590_5a485fca28_b.jpgimg3318 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And old fridge:

24122742355_973f99f18e_b.jpgimg3319 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And some old 30mm shell boxes!

24096631316_30aa331eee_b.jpgimg3322 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Yet another shed:

24096610766_e8de9fe85a_b.jpgimg3323 by HughieDW, on Flickr

This one's full of fire wood:

23495804723_47037552a4_b.jpgimg3325 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And an old caravan:

24122574335_fbd5477b64_b.jpgimg3327 by HughieDW, on Flickr

OK - hope you enjoyed seeing that old friend. Thanks for looking....
 
Great photos and report HughieD! I liked that black and red flooring too :) there was a little cat hanging around when I visited. He was so friendly and followed me back halfway along on the track by the river :)
 
great stuff , the wood burning stove would have been used for wash day and a stew could be made in it too as did in my grans house
 
Always enjoy seeing reports and pics from this site, it was inevitable the brain dead would find it, Nice One Hughie, Thanks
 
Nicely done, I think this is the first post from here to show the outbuildings in detail.

Cheers mate. A lot easier to get at them in winter. Just concentrated on the ones to the LHS of the house this time. There are also a number of out-buildings to the right too.
 

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