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Footbridge Adjoining Wash House Lock

A Grade II Listed Building in Widcombe, Bath and North East Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3771 / 51°22'37"N

Longitude: -2.3515 / 2°21'5"W

OS Eastings: 375632

OS Northings: 164284

OS Grid: ST756642

Mapcode National: GBR 0QJ.LB0

Mapcode Global: VH96M.6N66

Plus Code: 9C3V9JGX+RC

Entry Name: Footbridge Adjoining Wash House Lock

Listing Date: 11 August 1972

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1395959

English Heritage Legacy ID: 511368

ID on this website: 101395959

Location: Dolemeads, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA2

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description


KENNET AND AVON CANAL
656-1/0/0

Footbridge adjoining Wash House Lock
11/08/72

GV II

Footbridge over canal lock. c1815. John Rennie, engineer. Manufactured by Stothert of Bath. Cast-iron. narrow slightly cambered arch carrying macadamised path on three cast iron ribs with pierced spandrels, and makers panel: `STOTHERT, BATH'. To each side are close set spiked railings with top rail, double mid-rail with diamond enrichment, and dog-bars. Railing returns at each end to lower end of lock, following ramped wall on east side.
HISTORY: This was one of the bridges placed across the new canal to link the recent developments along the slopes of Bathwick Hill with the city. The Kennet and Avon Canal, authorised in 1794, opened fully in 1810.
SOURCE: Hugh Torrens, The Evolution of a Family Firm. Stothert and Pitt of Bath (1978), 13-14; K.R. Clew, The Kennet & Avon Canal (Newton Abbot 1968).

Listing NGR: ST7563264284

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