Description

BURBAGE SAVERNAKE ROAD
SU 26 SW
2/50 Bruce Tunnel, East Portal
II

Portal to Bruce Tunnel on Kennet and Avon Canal. 1810. Red brick
in English bond with stone coping. Concave on plan, with pointed
parabolic arch of 45cm brick. Large slate slab set over entrance
on paired slate corbels, inscribed: The KENNET AND AVON Canal
Company / Inscribe this TUNNEL with the name of / B R U C E / In
Testimony of their GRATITUDE / for the uniform and ....... support
of / The Right Honourable THOMAS BRUCE EARL OF AILESBURY / and
CHARLES, LORD BRUCE, his son / through the whole progress of this
great National Work / by which direct communication by Water was
opened / between the Cities of LONDON and BRISTOL / ANNO DOMINI
1810. Slate inscription in need of repair and consolidation at
time of survey, January 1987.

Listing NGR: SU2377963118

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489145

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)