Nutshell Bridge

Nutshell Bridge, Church Lane, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

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Overview

An accommodation bridge over the Stroudwater Canal, built circa 1778 for the Stroudwater Canal Company. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1090681
Date first listed:: 24-Feb-1987
List Entry Name:: Nutshell Bridge
Statutory Address:: Nutshell Bridge, Church Lane, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1090681
Date first listed:: 24-Feb-1987
Date of most recent amendment:: 22-Jul-2011
List Entry Name:: Nutshell Bridge
Location Description:: Bridge carrying Church Lane in Stonehouse over the Stroudwater Navigation.
Statutory Address 1:: Nutshell Bridge, Church Lane, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Nutshell Bridge, Church Lane, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Stroud (District Authority)
Parish:: Stonehouse
National Grid Reference:: SO8005904924

Summary

An accommodation bridge over the Stroudwater Canal, built circa 1778 for the Stroudwater Canal Company.

Reasons for Designation

Nutshell Bridge, dating from circa 1778, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: Historic interest: as part of the C18 Stroudwater Navigation Intactness: the bridge is largely unaltered Group value: with the adjacent Nutshell House and Nutshell Cottage, both listed at Grade II

History

The Stroudwater Navigation, built in 1775-9, was designed to link the River Severn at Framilode to Stroud, allowing coal to be brought from Shropshire, Staffordshire and the Forest of Dean to the textile mills of the Stroud valleys. The Thames and Severn Canal, constructed in 1783-9, was designed to run eastwards from Stroud, eventually linking the River Severn to the River Thames at Inglesham, near Lechlade. The Cotswold Canals, as they are also known, were generally successful, though the Thames and Severn in particular suffered serious technical failings which compromised its profitability; despite this, both canals continued in use well into the C20. Nutshell Bridge was built circa 1778 on the Stroudwater Navigation, as an accommodation bridge. Its south end emerges alongside a house and cottage associated with the canal.

Details

MATERIALS: red brick, with ashlar keystones and springers.

DESCRIPTION: roughly rectangular on plan, its wing walls are gently curved outwards, and are battered, that to the south ending in pilasters; it is truncated at the south end where it meets Nutshell House and Nutshell Cottage. The arched opening is segmental; the arch has ashlar springers, and there is a plain curved string to the extrados. The parapet is plain, topped with mortar capping.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 132011
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Handford, M A , The Stroudwater Canal, (1979)
Handford, M A, Viner, D J, Stroudwater and Thames and Severn Canals Towpath Guide, (1984)
Tucker, J, The Stroudwater Navigation, (2003)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.