Around the Stewponey

I was thinking about how things have changed over time. Around 1900, the Stewponey and Foley Arms pub looked like this (No, I didn't take the picture myself!)
The pub itself dates from at least 1744, so it's older than the canal.

A hand-coloured picture which I found

Then, in the 1930s, it was rebuilt to look like this

It even had a lido

But what does it look like today? I went to take a closer look.
The Stewponey pub was demolished to build these very modern apartments.

 

But round about, there's still plenty of older things to see. All these pictures were taken within about 800 yards of the old Stewponey site. This is the "new" bridge over the canal, carrying the A458

From the new bridge, looking at the old one

The British Waterway buildings at Stewponey lock

The octagonal former toll house (plus spelling mistake! Where's the "e"?)

The unusual circular weir carrying away the overflow from the lock.


More canal buildings.

Stourton Castle through the gloom

Stourton Bridge 

Looking up towards Stourbridge

 A runner by the canal signposts

Stourton locks

These two locks are so close together, the water from one lock has to run off into a sidepound. Without it, the next lock down would overflow.

This is the bridge over the A449, just yards from the Stewponey - showing how ugly concrete can be as a building material

The lock mechanism

These two mallard were asleep until I passed. Sorry, ducks!

Stourton top lock, with views over the the A449 

A shadow selfie!

It made me reflect that change is inevitable - as demands change, we need to change too