Bridge Keeper'S House To North West Of Hardwicke Bridge

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

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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