Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23069
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/03/2000
Date of Amendment
29/03/2000
Name of Property
Bridge over Tennant Canal W of former Crown Copperworks
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Coedffranc
Town
Locality
Tennant Canal
Easting
272980
Northing
196640
Street Side
Location
Crossing the Tennant Canal S of the A465 and reached by minor road from Neath Abbey Industrial Estate. The bridge stands at the entrance to Gillard's vehicle spares.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The Tennant Canal was built 1820-4, engineered by William Kirkhouse. The head of the canal was at Aberdulais, where it joins the Neath Canal, and ended at Port Tennant on the E side of the River Tawe in Swansea. Traffic was carried on the canal until the 1930s. The bridge is probably an original feature of the canal and is shown on the 1844 Tithe map adjacent to the Crown Copperworks. Its flat deck suggests that it was built to carry a tramroad.
Exterior
A wide single-carriageway, single-span bridge of snecked stone. A segmental arch has tooled voussoirs. A low parapet retains some original copper slag copings but is otherwise replaced.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with other listed items associated with the Tennant Canal.
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