Description

SO 8802-8902 CHALFORD LONDON ROAD
(off south side)

13/70 Canal Round House

28.6.60

GV II

Canal lengthman's house. 1790-1 for Thames and Severn Canal.
Coursed rubble limestone, formerly rendered; rendered brick
chimney; concrete tile roof. Circular. Three-storey with attic;
lean-to on east side. Range of pointed arched windows with plain
raised architraves and small paned timber casements to east and
west sides, west with square headed doorway below, formerly
providing stable entrance, now pair of glazed doors. Upper floor
level pointed arched doorway on north side with plank door and
coloured glass in pointed fanlight; stone steps with decorative
iron handrails. Plain upper floor and eaves-level bands. Eaves-
mounted chimney on south side. Conical roof with flush rooflight.
Interior not inspected. One of several lengthman's houses of this
type on the canal, another is identical at Cerney Wick (Latton CP
in Wiltshire).
(M.A. Handford and D.J. Viner, Stroudwater & Thames and Severn
Canals Towpath Guide, 1984)

Listing NGR: SO8916002475

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26465347

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