Information for record number MWA1866:
Kingswood Junction

Summary Kingswood Junction comprising a cantilevered canal bridge, workshop buildings and a lock keepers house, all dating from the Imperial period. It is situated 400m west of Kingswood Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Canal, Canal Bridge, Lock Keepers Cottage, Workshop
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Lapworth
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 18 70
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 This is a small cantilevered 'split' bridge at the junction of the Stratford Canal with the connecting link to the Grand Union Canal. Depot: Group of single storey, brick built workshop buildings. Lock-keepers house, Stratford Canal: Distinctive barrel vault roofed, single storeyed cottage with later extension.
2 Both extant in good condition.
3 Barrel roofed cottages " are unique to the section between Kingswood and Wooten Wawen which was cut in 1812-13. They are at Locks 21, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37. The first is at Kingsbury Junction."
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Kilburn C D
Date: 1984
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4315
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: The Stratford upon Avon and Warwick Canals
Author/originator: Elwin G & King C
Date:
Page Number: 35
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Industrial Monuments Survey
Author/originator: Falconer K A
Date: 1980
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument LOCK * A section of the water channel on a canal or river shut off above and below by lock gates provided with sluices to let the water out and in, and thus raise or lower boats from one level to another. Use more specific type where known. back
monument LOCK KEEPERS COTTAGE * The residence of a lock-keeper. back
monument CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument VAULT * An underground room or building with an arched roof, often used as a burial chamber. Use wider site type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument WORKSHOP * A building or room used for small scale manufacture. Use more specific term where possible. back
monument CANAL BRIDGE * A bridge over a canal. back
monument DEPOT * A building or site used as a storage and distribution centre. back

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