Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11853
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/03/1990
Date of Amendment
30/01/2004
Name of Property
Rheola overbridge on Neath Canal
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Glynneath
Town
Neath
Locality
Rheola
Easting
284106
Northing
203862
Street Side
Location
Crossing the Neath Canal S of the B4242 some 400m SE of Rheola House.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late C18 bridge crossing the Neath Canal refurbished in the 1980s as part of the restoration of four miles of the Neath Canal from Resolven to Yscwrfa Bridge. The 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 Neath Canal was completed in 1795. By 1799 the canal had been extended to the Giant's Grave near Briton Ferry.
Exterior
Canal bridge, rubble stone, single segmental arch with tooled cut stone voussoirs. Humped with C20 cement deck. Rubble stone parapets with thin cement coping splayed out to square piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a bridge retaining its character on this important C18 canal.
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