Gardens · West Midlands
Tontine Buildings
Tontine Buildings — a garden in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
P L Chadwick — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Tontine Buildings is a garden of interest in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Tontine Buildings is a former hotel in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, built in the late 18th century by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Company. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, built by James Brindley, was completed in 1768, with a terminus at Stourport, on the River Severn; it provided a route for trade between the Midlands and the Severn. The inn was constructed about 1772 by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Company. perhaps by Thomas Dadford, engineer of the company; it was part of the development of the location as a canal town. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Company's fortunes declined after the Worcester and Birmingham Canal opened in 1816 and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway opened in 1840. In the 1970s part of the building was a pub, and most of it was disused; plans were submitted by…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.3370, -2.2794
- Address
- Stourport-on-Severn
- Established
- 1772
Sources
- wikidata: Q17549164 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tontine Buildings, Stourport (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tontine Buildings?
- Tontine Buildings is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.3370°, -2.2794°.
- When was Tontine Buildings built?
- Tontine Buildings dates to 1772.