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28/03/1980  

25/02/2000  

Wood seasoning shed & saw pit at Neath Canal Depot,,,Neath Canal Depot,,WEST GLAMORGAN,  

 

Castell-nedd Port Talbot  

Tonna  

 

Neath Canal Depot  

276932  

198809  

 

On the N side of the Neath Canal opposite Lock House and facing a small yard.  

Cludiant  

 

The Neath Canal was begun in 1791 and opened in 1794. Traffic ceased in 1921. The wood seasoning shed was probably built in the last decade of the C18 or early C19, and is shown on the Llantwit-juxta-Neath Tithe map of 1846.  

A long low gabled shed of snecked rubble, and a slate roof partly collapsed. Facing the yard on the S side is a former wide full-height opening in the centre now partly infilled with brick and with a doorway inserted under a steel lintel. In the E gable end is the frame of a former window, while the W gable end has a full-height doorway. Facing the river on the N side is a wide former window under a segmental head to the centre opposite the saw pit inside the building, with a similar window to the R and a window with wooden frame under the wall plate to the L.  

The interior retains a saw pit to the centre lined with coursed stone. The roof is carried on sawn softwood trusses, some of which have collapsed.  

Listed for its industrial archaeological interest as an integral component of the most complete depot of any of the South Wales canals. In poor condition at the time of inspection (Autumn 1999).