The Canal Inn is a Grade II listed public house of early 19th century date. It is constructed of rendered stone with painted ashlar dressings, raised quoins and plinth. The inn was probably built to serve the Cromford Canal, opened 1792. (1) The building is reputed to have been a farmhouse before the canal was built, which would make it earlier than the date given in the list description; alternatively there may have been an earlier building on the site. (2)