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
82268
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/12/2003
Date of Amendment
15/12/2003
Name of Property
Bridge over Neath Canal at Abergarwed Lock
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Resolven
Town
Neath
Locality
Abergarwed
Easting
281606
Northing
202190
Street Side
Location
On the Neath Canal some 150m S of Abergarwed.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late C18 tail-lock bridge over the Neath Canal. The canal was originally planned from Pontneddfechan to Neath and was started in 1791 with Thomas Dadford Junior as General Surveyor. Thomas Sheasby replaced him in mid 1792 and the Neath Canal was completed in 1795. By 1799 the canal had been extended to the Giant's Grave near Briton Ferry.
Exterior
Hump-backed canal bridge, built into former canal lock to NE. Rubble stone with single segmental arch of dressed sandstone voussoirs. Parapets with cement coping splayed out to N, the S ends decayed.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a tail-lock bridge retaining its character on this important C18 canal.
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