Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11852
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/03/1990
Date of Amendment
15/12/2003
Name of Property
Farmer's Arms aqueduct over the Neath Canal
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Resolven
Town
Neath
Locality
Resolven
Easting
282490
Northing
203052
Street Side
Location
On the Neath Canal at Farmer's Arms some 200m W of the roundabout on the A465 at Resolven.
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
Cast iron aqueduct built c1835 at the Neath Abbey Ironworks to carry a stream over the Neath Canal. The aqueduct is similar to one at Glynneath dated 1835 carrying the Nant Ysgwrfa over the canal. The Neath Canal was originally planned from Pontneddfechan to Neath and was started in 1791 with Thomas Dadford Junior as General Surveyor. Thomas Sheasby replaced him in mid 1792 and the canal was completed in 1795. By 1799 it had been extended to the Giant's Grave near Briton Ferry.
Exterior
Aqueduct, cast iron, flat bottom with panelled sides. Sides have alternating faces of half-round Tuscan columns and edged panelling with curved rebates in corners, the panelling itself alternating large and small. Pennant sandstone abutments with semi-circular piers of ashlar with stepped coping to rectangular tops with slab copings. To SE are squared sandstone block steps and parapets to river.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a cast iron aqueduct over an important C18 canal.
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