BRIDGE KEEPER'S HOUSE TO WEST OF REA BRIDGE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1154698
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sep-1985
- Statutory Address:
- BRIDGE KEEPER'S HOUSE TO WEST OF REA BRIDGE, ELMORE LANE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- BRIDGE KEEPER'S HOUSE TO WEST OF REA BRIDGE, ELMORE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Gloucester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Quedgeley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 80517 15062
Details
SO 81 NW QUEDGELEY ELMORE LANE
(south side)
2/159 Bridge keeper's house to west
of Rea Bridge
II
Bridge keeper's house. c1830 with C20 addition; by Robert Mylne,
engineer to the Gloucester and Berkeley Ship Canal. Stucco;
brick chimney; asbestos cement slate roof. Greek revival;
single-storey; portico facing canal. Gable ends to original
house with low-pitched pediment over continuous entablature.
Front: portico off-centre to right with fluted Greek Doric order
columns on circular bases: distyle in antis, with engaged flanking
walls each with small square window; central doorway with original
architraves and C20 glazed door; single C19 four-pane sash to
left. South end: Cl9 four-pane sash; pediment filled and
rendered. North end: C20 casement with glazed C20 door to left.
Back: pediment on axis with portico; brick chimney; large C20
flat-roofed addition 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 Sellars Bridge, Hardwicke CP, q.v.), attributed
to Mylne but executed after his death. (D. Verey,
Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, 1976.)
Listing NGR: SO8051715062
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 131821
- 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.
End of official listing
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