Listed buildings in Stonehouse - Stroud District Council

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
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