Bridge Keeper's House to North West of Sellars Bridge
BRIDGE KEEPER'S HOUSE TO NORTH WEST OF SELLARS BRIDGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1090813
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Bridge Keeper's House to North West of Sellars Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- BRIDGE KEEPER'S HOUSE TO NORTH WEST OF SELLARS BRIDGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1090813
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Bridge Keeper's House to North West of Sellars Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRIDGE KEEPER'S HOUSE TO NORTH WEST OF SELLARS BRIDGE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BRIDGE KEEPER'S HOUSE TO NORTH WEST OF SELLARS BRIDGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hardwicke
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 79568 13530
Details
SO 71 SE HARDWICKE -
4/62 Bridge keeper's house to north- west of Sellars Bridge
II
Bridge keeper's house. c1830 with C20 addition; by Robert Mylne, engineer to the Gloucester and Berkeley Ship Canal. Stucco; Welsh slate roof. Greek revival; single-storey; portico facing canal. Gable ends to original house are low-pitched with pediment over continuous entablature. Front: portico off-centre to right with fluted Greek Doric order columns on circular bases: distyle with columns moved inwards from corners; central doorway, glazed with fanlight over; three 16-pane sashes to left. South west: blank end; stuccoed ridge-mounted chimney. North east: altered C20 casement with small casement to left. Chimney on axis with front portico. Interior not inspected. C20 addition to rear is not of special interest. An example of one of the 2 standard designs for bridge keeper's houses on the canal (c.f. that at Hardwicke Bridge, q.v.), attributed to Mylne but executed after his death. (D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, 1976.)
Listing NGR: SO7956813530
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 131718
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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