The Thames and Severn Canal is a canal in Gloucestershire in the south-west of England, which was completed in 1789. It was conceived as part of a cargo route from Bristol and the Midlands to London,
The canal at Brimscombe
Looking east from Upper Walbridge Lock
Cerney Wick Lock, Thames and Severn Canal
The canal towpath at South Cerney near Cirencester. Large trees have grown up in the 70 years since the canal was abandoned.
The round houses on the Thames and Severn Canal are five former lengthsmen's cottages built along the canal between Chalford and Lechlade in Gloucestershire, England. Constructed in the 1790s when the
The round house at Coates, pictured in 2021
In the 1830s, the round houses at Cerney Wick and Marston Meysey were superseded by rectangular lengthsmen's houses (Wildmoorway Lock Cottage pictured)
The Inglesham round house depicted by Samuel Owen (1811)
The Round House at Cirencester Park may have inspired the design