Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11837
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/01/1980
Date of Amendment
26/11/2003
Name of Property
Lock keeper's and toll collector's office at SW end of Aberdulais Aqueduct
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Blaenhonddan
Town
Neath
Locality
Aberdulais
Easting
277257
Northing
199265
Street Side
Location
On the W bank of the Afon Nedd and on the S side of the Tennant Canal lock on the end of the Aberdulais Aqueduct.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Lock keeper's and toll collector's office on the only lock on the Tennant canal. Built c 1823 and said to be designed by William Kirkhouse, engineer of the Tennant Canal. The Tennant Canal was begun in 1821 and the aqueduct across the River Neath at Aberdulais was begun in 1823. The canal opened in 1824 from the Neath Canal at Aberdulais to Port Tennant, Swansea.
Exterior
Lock keeper's and toll collector's office, one storey, rubblestone with hipped slate roof and stone stack on SE end. NE elevation has two 12-pane sahes with brick surrounds. NW side has central metal door with small blocked window to right.
Interior
Not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
A prominent part of a group of canal structures at Aberdulais of special architectural and historic interest.
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