Description

BRAUNSTON BRAUNSTON WHARF
SP56NW
4/71 Old Toll House

GV II

Pair of houses and former Canal Toll Office. Early/mid C19. Brick, hipped
corrugated tile roof, brick stacks. 2 storeys and cellar; 3 bays. Doorways in
left and right bays have moulded wood surrounds. 6-panel doors and moulded
timber hoods on brackets. Central 6-pane sash window with painted brick lintel.
Similar windows to first floor. Cellar entrance with concrete lintel on left
side. Sash window in recessed brick arch above. 2-storey canted bay with sash
windows on right side facing canal. Extension at rear, probably the former toll
collection office. Brick, one stormy; 2 bays. Doorway with flat arched brick
frame and plank door in left bay. Window with similar frame and old iron glaz'ing
bars to right. Interior not inspected. The Grand Junction Canal was authorised
by Act of Parliament in I793, The Braunston section was complete by 1796. In
1929 it was taken over by the Grand Union Canal Company and the name was
changed.
(A.H. Faulkner: The Grand Junction Canal, 1972).

Listing NGR: SP5382765865

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26341296

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House