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.
Date of Designation
01/10/2007
Date of Amendment
01/10/2007
Name of Property
Pair of Docks on E side of Trevor Basin, excluding modern workshop superstructure and swing bridge.
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Llangollen Rural
Location
On E side of Trevor Basin, opposite Rhos-y-Coed Bridge.
History
Probably early-to-mid C19. On OS Map of 1879. Workshop superstructure is mainly late C20. The docks were originally used for boat-building.
Exterior
Pair of docks. Stone; approximately 28 metres long by 3 metres wide. Kerbs are of alternating stone and sections of brick. Stone steps descend into S dock at E end. The northern dock is covered by a modern workshop superstructure which is not of special interest.
Reason for designation
Listed as distinctive features of canal engineering and for Group Value with other listed items on the Llangollen Canal.
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