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Listed Building Description:

SO 8004 NW at STONEHOUSE NGR SO 801049 8/136 Nutshell Bridge GV II 24/02/87

Canal bridge. c1778. Red brick; ashlar keystones. Round keyed arch with curved parapet and retaining walls. Hump-backed asphalt- surfaced 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). Listing NGR: SO 80059 04925. {Source Work 2405.}

"Early C.19. canal bridge and cottage. Picturesque hump brick bridge with brick cottage with stone quoins and slate roof. 3 s. bay. 1 w. (d.h. sash and g. bars and keystones)." {Source Work 10318.}