Building record 395/1/9 - Bridge Over Old Oxford Canal

Bridge at Braunston Wharf, built circa 1830. It is of cast iron with a moulded elliptical arch which is inscribed on both sides "Horseley Ironworks". It has a cast iron trellis parapet and brick flanking walls.

{1} Bridge. c.1830. Cast iron with moulded elliptical arch and cast iron trellis parapet. The arch is inscribed on both sides "Horseley Ironworks". Brick flanking walls with blue brick coping. The Grand Junction canal was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1793. The Braunston section was complete by 1796. It formerly met the Oxford Canal near this bridge at Braunston Wharf. In 1829-34 the course of the Oxford canal was altered to join the Grand Junction Canal approx. 800 metres further west at Junction Wharf, Braunston, where there are two iron bridges (q.v.) also made by Horseley Ironworks and of similar design to this bridge at Braunston Wharf. (A.H. Faulkner: The Grand Junction Canal, 1972).

{4} Probably erected by the Grand Junction Company some time after the Braunston Branch Canal was built in 1816.

Historic England, THE STOP HOUSE, THE WHARF, BRAUNSTON, BF098814 (Archive). SNN114839.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/70 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F04 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> FAULKNER A.H., 1972, The Grand Junction Canal, (unchecked) (Book). SNN55309.

<4> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage Of Northamptonshire, p.15 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN104759.

<5> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2011, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire (2nd Edition), p.17 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN107622.

Record last edited

Mar 14 2023 4:13PM