The National Inventory dates the lock to about 1815. It records ashlar limestone lining, capstones and timber-and-steel gates, together with a widened canal space that formed a small harbour.
The neighbouring lock keeper’s house was also built in 1815 and restored in 1990. It is a private residence, not part of a public museum.
Savage Bridge and other canal crossings in the area were built around 1817. Together they form a group of structures made for navigation, road travel and the people who maintained the waterway.
Use marked towpaths and published waterway access. Lock edges and gates are operating infrastructure, and historical dates should not be taken as a guarantee of present-day visitor access.