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
87549
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/10/2007
Date of Amendment
01/10/2007
Name of Property
Cross Street Tunnel and Archways
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Locality
Cross Street
Easting
327863
Northing
341035
Street Side
Location
Runs beneath Llangollen Canal, about half way between Froncysyllte and Pentre
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Probably late C18. An Act to construct the Ellesmere canal, linking the Rivers Dee, Mersey, and Severn was passed in 1793. The engineer was Thomas Telford under the more experienced Principal Engineer, William Jessop. Construction began on the major aqueducts to North and to South of this section in 1795, and navigation began in 1802 when the section of the canal from Chirk to Froncysyllte opened.
Exterior
Tunnel with stone portals, probably late C18. Rubble, with voussoirs to elliptical arches on N and S sides of embankment of canal and tow-path. The tunnel lining has been rendered.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a distinctive feature of canal engineering and for its Group Value with other listed items on the Llangollen Canal.
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