Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
82450
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/01/2004
Date of Amendment
30/01/2004
Name of Property
Bridge over Neath Canal at Maes-gwyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Glynneath
Town
Neath
Locality
Easting
285805
Northing
205119
Street Side
Location
Crossing the Neath Canal some 700m W of Cwmgwrach and approximately 70m SE of Maes-gwyn.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late C18 bridge crossing the Neath Canal refurbished in the 1980s as part of the restoration of four miles of the Neath Canal from Resolven to Yscwrfa Bridge. The canal was originally planned from Pontneddfechan to Neath and was started in 1791 with Thomas Dadford Junior as General Surveyor. Thomas Sheasby replaced him in mid 1792 and the Neath Canal was completed in 1795. By 1799 the canal had been extended to the Giant's Grave near Briton Ferry.
Exterior
Canal bridge, rubble stone, single segmental arch with tooled cut stone voussoirs. Humped with rubble stone parapets with thin cement coping splayed out to square piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a bridge retaining its character on this important C18 canal.
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