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Listed buildings in Stonehouse - Stroud District Council

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J Side<br />

SO 8005 SE STONEHOUSE REGENT STREET<br />

(west side)<br />

7/187 No 35<br />

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House on end of row. c1820. Brick with smooth render <strong>in</strong>cised <strong>in</strong><br />

imitation ashlar; rendered brick chimneys; Welsh slate roof.<br />

Two-storey. Front: 3-w<strong>in</strong>dow fenestration, all sashes without<br />

glaz<strong>in</strong>g bars <strong>in</strong> pla<strong>in</strong> open<strong>in</strong>gs. Central round arched doorway with<br />

6-panel fielded door and decorative fanlight; flat porch hood with<br />

Regency ironwork supports. Ironwork balconies to upper floor<br />

w<strong>in</strong>dows. Pla<strong>in</strong> parapet. Gable end chimneys. Flat-roofed rear<br />

addition with C19 4-pane sashes. Interior not <strong>in</strong>spected.<br />

SO 8104 at STONEHOUSE RYEFORD<br />

NGR SO 81900461<br />

10/188 Ryeford Double Locks<br />

GV II<br />

walls and fitt<strong>in</strong>gs to canal locks. 1779 by Anthony Keck for<br />

<strong>Stroud</strong>water Canal Company. Red brick; limestone ashlar and<br />

granite dress<strong>in</strong>gs. Brick-built lock walls with widen<strong>in</strong>g entrances<br />

at each end. Large ashlar cop<strong>in</strong>g stones; granite dress<strong>in</strong>gs at<br />

gate positions with iron restra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g straps formerly attached to<br />

timber gate posts, all timberwork now miss<strong>in</strong>g. Flight of stone<br />

steps on south side lead from lower to middle level. Both locks<br />

share middle set of gates mak<strong>in</strong>g this a double lock without a<br />

separat<strong>in</strong>g pound. One of the few features on the canal to be<br />

designed by a noteworthy architect, this lock collapsed soon after<br />

completion and was rebuilt at Keck's expense. Forms part of group<br />

with Double Locks Cottage (q.v.).<br />

(M.A. Handford and D. J. V<strong>in</strong>er, <strong>Stroud</strong>water and Thames and Severn<br />

Canals Towpath Guide, 1984.)<br />

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