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
1241
Building Number
46
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Canal Bridge (no.46 at Penddol)
Address
46 Abbey Road, A542
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llangollen
Town
Locality
Dinbren
Easting
321081
Northing
342638
Street Side
E
Location
Immediately to S Penddol and N of the Eisteddfod ground. Spanning the Llangollen Canal and reached off Abbey Road.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The 6 mile long Llangollen canal had been proposed as early as 1791 as a branch of the canal that was to link the Rivers Mersey and Dee with the River Severn. The Act was passed in 1793 with this section constructed under the direction of Thomas Telfod. The pupose of the Llangollen branch was primarily that of a feeder to the main Ellesmere Canal drawing water off the River Dee at Horseshoe Falls. Work was begun in 1804 and completed in 1808 and in addition provided transport to the slate quarries and the limestone works. In 1846 it became part of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company but the following year was taken over by the LNWR. Transport on the canal diminished in late C19 with arrival of the railways and then ceased by 2nd World War. The canal was only kept open because of its importance as a supplier of water.
Exterior
Rubble single arch bridge characteristic of Telford's design. Voussoirs and keystone to the arch and band course above. Coping to parapet which terminates in square piers with pyramidal caps. The whole bridge is slightly battered to base and gently curves outwards to either end. Towpath runs under bridge on the W bank.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with Penddol.
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