Description

BRIDGWATER

ST2836 WEST STREET
736-1/8/218 Albert Street Cutting, Bridgwater
16/11/89 and Taunton Canal
(Formerly Listed as:
BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON CANAL
Albert Street Cutting, 15m SE of
Albert St Bridge to 50m NW of West
St Bridge)

II

Canal cutting. 1839-1841. Engineered by Thomas Maddicks. 2
sandstone rubble walls approx 1210m long and approx 4.5m high,
running along the towpath and the offside of the canal from
c15m south-east of Albert Street Bridge to approx 50m
north-west of West Street Bridge. The walls have plain
pilasters at regular intervals, and plain stone bands above. A
short section of the offside wall south-east of West Street
Bridge has been rebuilt in concrete block. Rubblestone towpath
retaining wall with squared flagstone edging.
The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal was constructed between
1824-1827 with James Hollinsworth as engineer. In 1839-1841 it
was extended into Bridgwater by Thomas Maddicks.

Listing NGR: ST2934436754

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491885

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)