Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wood seasoning shed & saw pit at Neath Canal Depot
Tonna, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Neath Canal Depot, Tonna, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 28 March 1980.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 28 March 1980
- Locality
- Neath Canal Depot
- Community
- Tonna
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67453, -3.78121
- Cadw reference
- 11841
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of the Neath Canal opposite Lock House and facing a small yard.
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).
Nearby in the register
- Lock and overbridge at Neath Canal DepotTransportunder 1 mi
- Workshop, store and smithy at Neath Canal DepotTransportunder 1 mi
- Stable at Neath Canal DepotTransportunder 1 mi
- Lock HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.