Listed buildings in Stonehouse - Stroud District Council

Listed buildings in Stonehouse - Stroud District Council Listed buildings in Stonehouse - Stroud District Council

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Places of Worship Index of Principal Buildings Church of St Cyr Grade II* Stonehouse Church Lane Secular Buildings Graded II* Stonehouse Court Hotel Grade II* Stonehouse Bristol Road The number of buildings on this list is: Grade I = 0 Grade II = 0 Grade II* = 2

SO 8004 NW at STONEHOUSE NGR SO 801049 8/135 Nutshell House GV II Canal house. c1778. Flemish bond red brick; ashlar limestone dressings; brick chimneys; Welsh slate roof. Three-storey; octagonal east end. East end: sash fenestration to central facet, all with stone lintels, 12-pane to ground and middle floors, 6-pane to upper floor. Alternating stone quoins, plain stone bands at floor levels. Roof hipped at east end. North side: blocked doorway with 12-pane sash to right; single sash to upper floors each with brick flat arch. Eaves-mounted brick chimney. South side: partially open-fronted lean-to to ground floor. Two middle floor 12-pane sashes with keyed gauged brick arches; single 12pane upper floor sash with stone lintel. West side: gabled with chimney and blocked upper floor round-arched opening. Road bridge abuts house at west end. Built by the Stroudwater Canal Company, possibly as a 'look-out' house - an explanation for its distinctive tall shape. Forms part of group with Nutshell Bridge and Nutshell Cottage (q.v.). (M.A. Handford, The Stroudwater Canal, 1979; and M.A. Handford and D.J. Viner, Stroudwater and Thimes and Severn Canals Towpath Guide, 1984) SO 8004 NW at STONEHOUSE -I NGR SO 801049 8/136 Nutshell Bridge GV II Canal bridge. c1778. Red brick; ashlar keystones. Round keyed arch with curved parapet and retaining walls. Hump-backed asphaltsurfaced road. Adjoins Nutshell House and Nutshell Cottage (q.v.) with which it forms part of a contemporary group built by the Stroudwater Canal Company. (M.A. Handford, The Stroudwater Canal, 1979; and M.A. Handford and D.J. Viner, Stroudwater and Thames and Severn Canals Towpath Guide, 1984) 3 106

Places of Worship<br />

Index of Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal Build<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

Church of St Cyr Grade II* <strong>Stonehouse</strong> Church Lane<br />

Secular Build<strong>in</strong>gs Graded II*<br />

<strong>Stonehouse</strong> Court Hotel Grade II* <strong>Stonehouse</strong> Bristol Road<br />

The number of <strong>build<strong>in</strong>gs</strong> on this list is:<br />

Grade I = 0<br />

Grade II = 0<br />

Grade II* = 2

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