Bridgekeeper'S House On The Gloucester Sharpness Canal

The Bridgekeeper's House on the Gloucester-Sharpness Canal is an early 19th-century building, possibly designed by Robert Mylne, the first principal engineer for the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company. The house is rendered with a slate roof and features two small rendered stacks. It is L-shaped and may have originally been square, with shallow pediments on each side. The main facade faces northeast towards the canal and includes two widely spaced fluted Doric columns in antis, supporting a shallow pediment with a plain frieze and cornice, lacking bases.

At the back of the portico, there is a doorcase with moulded jambs and a lintel, leading to a six-panel door, where the top four panels are fielded and the lower two are flush. The windows are scattered, primarily consisting of small sash windows, either with plate glass or 16 panes. A slightly projecting plain eaves cornice runs along the section of the building parallel to the canal. Mylne conducted survey work for the original canal route from Gloucester to Berkeley in 1793, and after the terminal point was moved to Sharpness in 1813, the canal officially opened in 1827.