Chalford Roundhouse

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One of five of these distinctive buildings constructed by the Thames and Severn Canal Company within 2 years of the canal's opening in 1789, serving as lengthsman's cottages. It is now under private ownership.

The roundhouses came in two basic forms. One with a conventional pitched roof, the other with an inverted 'conical roof'. The inverted roof is believed to have been used to collect rain water to supply the roundhouse.

The roundhouses have three floors. Originally the ground floor would have been used as a stable with the first and second floors being used for living accommodation.

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Coordinates:   51°43'15"N   2°9'29"W

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