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
81178
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/06/2003
Date of Amendment
12/06/2003
Name of Property
Canal Bridge No 47 on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Torfaen
Community
Panteg
Town
Pontypool
Locality
Sebastopol
Easting
329103
Northing
197963
Street Side
Location
Over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal just E of Elm Grove in Sebastopol.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Late C18 or early C19 canal bridge on the Monmouthshire Canal. Built by Thomas Dadford Junior 1792-9, the canal ran between Newport and Pontnewynydd, with a branch between Crindau and Crumlin.
Exterior
Hump-backed bridge, rubble sandstone with single elliptical arch with dressed stone voussoirs. Low
parapet with flat coping and abutments slightly splayed outwards ending in square piers. Tarmac deck. Repairs in concrete to coping and ends. Former tow path passed under bridge on E side. Cast iron plate on S side with ''''47'''' in raised white painted numbers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a late C18 canal bridge retaining its character.
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