Spill Weir in the grounds of Bridge House
Spill Weir in the grounds of Bridge House, Bridge Road, Cainscross, Stonehouse
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1400208
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jun-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Spill Weir in the grounds of Bridge House
- Statutory Address:
- Spill Weir in the grounds of Bridge House, Bridge Road, Cainscross, Stonehouse
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1400208
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jun-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Spill Weir in the grounds of Bridge House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Spill Weir in the grounds of Bridge House, Bridge Road, Cainscross, Stonehouse
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:
- Spill Weir in the grounds of Bridge House, Bridge Road, Cainscross, Stonehouse
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cainscross
- National Grid Reference:
- SO8261104624
Summary
A circular spill-weir, of the well-fall type, probably dating from the 1770s.
Reasons for Designation
The circular spill weir in the grounds of Bridge House, built in the 1770s as an overflow weir for the Stroudwater Navigation, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
Technological interest: as a relatively rare circular spill-weir of a type which is uncommon nationally
Historic interest: as it helps to describe the functioning of the C18 Stroudwater Navigation
Group value: with the other similar spill-weir some 130m to the west
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.
This spill-weir was probably constructed in the 1770s, as part of the development of the Stroudwater Navigation; it is situated on the southern bank of the canal. It is of the well-fall type, with overspill water from the canal pushing up the outer, circular trough, then spilling down the central cylinder, from where it was culverted into the nearby River Frome.
Details
The weir is constructed from brick and ashlar limestone. It has an outer trough fed by rectangular openings, with a central, brick and ashlar-lined cylinder. The outer wall is capped by a course of bricks laid in a header bond.
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.
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