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
23067
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
29/03/2000  
Date of Amendment
29/03/2000  
Name of Property
Tramroad bridge over Skewen Cutting, Tennant Canal (partly in Dyffryn Clydach Community)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot  
Community
Coedffranc  
Town
 
Locality
Tennant Canal  
Easting
273233  
Northing
197196  
Street Side
N  
Location
Spanning the Tennant Canal to SE of Skewen village on the E side of a minor road from Neath Abbey Industrial Estate and N of the A465.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
The Tennant Canal was built 1820-4, engineered by William Kirkhouse. The head of the canal was at Aberdulais, where it joins the Neath Canal, and ended at Port Tennant on the E side of the River Tawe in Swansea. Traffic was carried on the canal until the 1930s. Skewen Cutting is a stone-lined bed and was laid in 1821 to counter problems with quicksand. The bridge is possibly contemporary with the cutting and is shown on the 1844 Tithe map. It was used to carry coal to the nearby Mines Royal Copper Works and is first shown on the 1844 Tithe map.  

Exterior
A high rubble stone bridge over a segmental arch with tooled voussoirs. The abutments and parapet curve outwards at the ends, the latter having renewed concrete copings. A battered revetment is added to the SW jamb of the arch. The flat deck, built for a single track, is laid with concrete.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for industrial archaeological interest as an early tramroad bridge and for group value with other listed items associated with the Tennant Canal. Scheduled Ancient Monument Gm 394.  

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