I know little about the history of this area, but obviously in 1944 there was a toll office. The toll house has undergone some extensive work, and has turned it's back on the canal. The picture from the bottom of the lock shows some interesting changes. The ring the boat is tied to is still there, but the strange 8 sided concrete post has moved backwards a few feet.

An apple tree in the lock house garden, seen above the bridge, was chopped down by the later owner of the house - a British Waterways worker I met on the towpath at Hanwell!

I've taken the colours from my recent picture, and used them to colourise the B+W image below.