Description

SP16SE
1457-1/5/96
04/01/90

PRESTON BAGOT
SOUTH STRATFORD CANAL
Canal Bridge No.49

II

Includes: Canal Bridge No.49 SOUTH STRATFORD CANAL CLAVERDON.
Split bridge. c1812-1816, with later restorations. Brick
abutments with stone copings and cast-iron handrails and
decks. Abutments support 2 cantilevered decks with x-framed
integral handrails and are split for tow ropes. Splayed
parapet walls, with original fixed iron rod to copings.
The South Stratford Canal was constructed between 1793-1816 at
a cost of »500,000. 13.5 miles of the canal from Kingswood
Junction, Lapworth to Stratford-upon-Avon was leased by the
National Trust in 1960 from the British Waterways Board for
restoration. The National Trust acquired the freehold c1964.
Part of this item is also listed in Claverdon CP.

Listing NGR: SP1721364739

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662223

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5