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
1252
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Canal Bridge (No.43)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llangollen
Town
Locality
Llandyn
Easting
323109
Northing
342588
Street Side
Location
Immediately to W of Llandyn Cottage carrying the road up to Llandyn Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The 6-mile long canal reached Llangollen in 1808 having been proposed as early as 1791 as a branch of the canal that was intended to link the Rivers Mersey and Dee with the Severn. The purpose of the Llangollen branch was primarily that of a feeder to supply the main Ellesmere works. Work was begun in 1804 under the direction of Thomas Telford. In 1846 it became past of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company but the following year was taken over by the LNWR. Transport on the canal diminished in the later C19 with the arrival of the railways and then ceased by the 2nd World War. The canal was only kept open because of its importance as a supplier of water.
Exterior
Single span rubble of characteristic Telford design. Voussoirs and keystone to the semicircular arch and droved stringcourse and coping to the top. Pyramidical caps to advanced end piers. Battered walls to either side but no walls ramping downwards to towpath. Towpath tuns alongside the S bank.
Interior
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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