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
82323
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/12/2003
Date of Amendment
15/12/2003
Name of Property
Swansea Canal aqueduct over the Lower Clydach River
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Clydach
Town
Swansea
Locality
Clydach
Easting
268913
Northing
201172
Street Side
Location
Some 100m S of the High Street near the junction of the Lower Clydach River and the Afon Tawe.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late C18 aqueduct carrying Swansea Canal over Lower Clydach river, one of six single arch aqueducts on the canal. The 16-mile Swansea Canal was opened in 1798 to Hen Neuadd, Abercraf, declined after the railway opened in 1852 and closed in 1931.
Exterior
Canal aqueduct, rubble stone with low segmental arch with cut stone voussoirs. Broad bridge carrying canal with footpaths, each footpath crossing a shallow overflow which spills out through long narrow slots under parapets. Parapet of rubble stone on NW side, over ovolo-moulded raised string course. Low parapet with tooled stone coping on SE, and added C20 railings.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a major historic structure of one of the most important canals in Wales.
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