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
21007
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/12/1998
Date of Amendment
23/12/1998
Name of Property
Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Darren Road
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Risca
Town
Locality
Crosskeys
Easting
323428
Northing
191575
Street Side
Location
The easterly of the two remaining bridges in this surviving stretch of canal, E of Risca quarries and by Darren Road.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
In 1790s a consortium of coal owners and industrialists sought Parliamentary approval to build canals to link the industrial areas of the N valleys with Newport on the Usk estuary, the canals in turn to link with a system of feeder tramroads. Bill received assent in 1792 and Monmouthshire Canal Navigation company was formed to build two canals, that in the Western Valley, also known as The Crumlin Arm and 11 miles (17.6km) long, was designed to join the Eastern Valley canal just N of Newport; completed c 1797. Engineer Thomas Dadford. Reservoirs to feed canal constructed in mountain valleys to E. In 1865 the Brecknock and Abergavenny and Monmouthshire Canals merged to become the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal which was later incorporated into the Great Western Railway. Much of the Western Valley canal has been filled in to provide a by-pass road but a section survives stretching from the S side of Cwmcarn, the community boundary with Abercarn, to Darren Road, the community boundary with Risca.
Exterior
Bridge of rubble angled to the steep slope. Segmental arch has thin voussoirs and low parapet with flat coping. The abutments curve outwards ending in square piers. 2 lozenge-shaped cast iron weight restriction notices. Former towpath passed under bridge on S side where there is a stone kerb. Canal now blocked immediately to E of bridge.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an intact canal bridge from late C18.
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