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
81864
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/09/2003
Date of Amendment
30/09/2003
Name of Property
Canal bridge at Top Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Torfaen
Community
Llantarnam
Town
Cwmbran
Locality
Easting
329144
Northing
193566
Street Side
Location
On the S side of Top Lock some 100m N of Hollybush Way.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Late C18 canal bridge on the Monmouthshire Canal which was a prime factor in the industrial development of the Gwent Valleys. Built by Thomas Dadford Junior, 1792-9, the canal ran between Newport and Pontnewynydd, with a branch between Crindau and Crumlin. Top Lock is the N most of the Ty Coch flight of seven locks S of Cwmbran.
Exterior
Hump-backed canal bridge, built into canal lock to N. Rubblestone with single segmental arch of dressed sandstone voussoirs and parapets with flat coping repaired in cement in C20. Abutments splay outwards on each side to square piers. Cement deck.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for historic transport interest as a late C18 canal bridge retaining its character.
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