Description

WOOTTON WAWEN

SP16SE SOUTH STRATFORD CANAL
1457-1/5/152 Canal Bridge No.52
04/01/90

II

Split bridge. c1812-1816 with later additions and
restorations, including concrete covering to decks. Brick
abutments and walls with ashlar copings, cast-iron rails and
decks. Abutments support 2 cantilevered decks with x-framed
integral handrails and are split for tow ropes. Splayed
parapet walls, much coping to north-west wall now missing.
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 from the British Waterways Board in 1960.
The National Trust obtained the freehold c1964.

Listing NGR: SP1617763286

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662276

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