Description

GOSFORD AND WATER EATON OXFORD CANAL
SP41SE
5/43 Tilting bridge approx. 300m.
SE of Duke's Cut
- II
Tilting canal bridge and embankment walls. Late C18 by James Brindley. Wooden
bridge; brick walls with stone details. Flat wooden bridge with long raking
counterweight beams. Widening embankment walls have brick copings, sloping away
from bridge, and have large rusticated stone blocks set into the brickwork
beneath the bridge to act as fenders. This type of bridge is unique to the
Oxford Canal.

Listing NGR: SP4897410398

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26298729

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover