Bridge House

GLOUCESTER

SO8218SE LLANTHONY ROAD 844-1/11/153 (North side) 12/03/73 No.22 Bridge House

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Bridge-keeper's house. 1852. Replaced the original bridge-keeper's house demolished during the widening of the canal and the construction of Llanthony Quay. Stuccoed brick with stone details, low pitched, hipped slate roof, two stuccoed brick stacks with ceramic chimney pots. Double-depth block. EXTERIOR: two storeys. Symmetrical front of three bays with shallow offset plinth, raised band at first-floor level, moulded crowning cornice and a blocking parapet; on the ground floor the central entrance doorway with a shallow transom light, the opening framed by pilasters with impost mouldings and a low pitched, moulded pediment, C20 fielded six-panel door; in bay to each side a sash and on first floor three sashes, all with vertical glazing bars (3x2 panes) in openings with moulded architraves and projecting sills on moulded end brackets. At rear on ground floor to right on sash (4x4 panes) first floor three sashes centre (3x4 panes) flanked by two sashes (4x4 panes); west side one sash (3x2 panes) on ground floor; east side one door partly glazed. The two large stacks with moulded cornices are placed symmetrically on each hip. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8265918136