Description

FRAMPTON-ON-SEVERN CHURCH END
SO 7406-7506
11/111 Splatt Bridge House
II
Bridgekeeper's house at Splatt Bridge on Gloucester and Sharpness
Canal. Early C19, possibly by Robert Mylne, first principal
engineer to the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company. Rendered,
artificial slate roof, small brick ridge stack. Small cruciform
structure with shallow pediment to each face, presenting single
storey towards canal with 2 storeys to remaining sides. Main
front to canal with 2 fluted Doric columns widely spaced in antis,
beneath shallow pediment with plain frieze and cornice and without
bases. Probable original panelled door to rear partially obscured
by additional sliding door. Scattered fenestraton with some 16-
pane sashes. Lean-to to rear. Survey work for the original
canal route from Gloucester to Berkeley was carried out in 1793 by
Mylne. In 1813 the terminal point was changed to Sharpness and
the Canal opened in 1827.
(Sharpness, centenary booklet 1974, published by British Waterways
Board.)

Listing NGR: SO7423406710

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26382921

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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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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  For the Record
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)