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Bridge Keeper's House to North West of Hardwicke Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Hardwicke, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8127 / 51°48'45"N

Longitude: -2.3067 / 2°18'24"W

OS Eastings: 378949

OS Northings: 212713

OS Grid: SO789127

Mapcode National: GBR 0KB.CMB

Mapcode Global: VH94H.YPWS

Plus Code: 9C3VRM7V+38

Entry Name: Bridge Keeper's House to North West of Hardwicke Bridge

Listing Date: 30 September 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1153977

English Heritage Legacy ID: 131717

ID on this website: 101153977

Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL2

County: Gloucestershire

District: Stroud

Civil Parish: Hardwicke

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Hardwicke

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


SO 71 SE HARDWICKE -

4/61 Bridge keeper's house to north west of Hardwicke Bridge

II

Bridge keeper's house. c1830 with later Cl9 addition; by Robert Mylne, engineer to the Gloucester and Berkeley Ship Canal. Stucco; painted brickwork; Welsh slate roof; plain tile to addition. Greek revival; single-storey; cruciform in plan with portico facing canal; L-plan single-storey addition to rear. Gable ends to original house with low-pitched pediment over continuous entablature. Fluted Greek Doric order columns on circular bases to front portico: distyle in antis, with engaged flanking walls each with small square window; central plain doorway. South west end: single cambered-headed sash. North east: altered C20 casement. Rear pediment partially obscured by addition with various scattered fenestration. Ridge-mounted chimney on axis with front portico. Interior not inspected. An example of one of the 2 standard designs for bridge keeper's houses on the canal (c.f. that at Sellars Bridge, q.v.), attributed to Mylne but executed after his death. All doors and windows boarded over (January 1985). (D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, 1976.)

Listing NGR: SO7894912713

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