Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11841
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/03/1980
Date of Amendment
25/02/2000
Name of Property
Wood seasoning shed & saw pit at Neath Canal Depot
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Tonna
Town
Locality
Neath Canal Depot
Easting
276932
Northing
198809
Street Side
Location
On the N side of the Neath Canal opposite Lock House and facing a small yard.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The Neath Canal was begun in 1791 and opened in 1794. Traffic ceased in 1921. The wood seasoning shed was probably built in the last decade of the C18 or early C19, and is shown on the Llantwit-juxta-Neath Tithe map of 1846.
Exterior
A long low gabled shed of snecked rubble, and a slate roof partly collapsed. Facing the yard on the S side is a former wide full-height opening in the centre now partly infilled with brick and with a doorway inserted under a steel lintel. In the E gable end is the frame of a former window, while the W gable end has a full-height doorway. Facing the river on the N side is a wide former window under a segmental head to the centre opposite the saw pit inside the building, with a similar window to the R and a window with wooden frame under the wall plate to the L.
Interior
The interior retains a saw pit to the centre lined with coursed stone. The roof is carried on sawn softwood trusses, some of which have collapsed.
Reason for designation
Listed for its industrial archaeological interest as an integral component of the most complete depot of any of the South Wales canals. In poor condition at the time of inspection (Autumn 1999).
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