Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rheola overbridge on Neath Canal
Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rheola, Neath, Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 28 March 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 28 March 1990
- Locality
- Rheola
- Town
- Neath
- Community
- Glynneath
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.72147, -3.67919
- Cadw reference
- 11853
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Crossing the Neath Canal S of the B4242 some 400m SE of Rheola House.
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.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a bridge retaining its character on this important C18 canal.
Nearby in the register
- Rheola Brook AqueductWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
- Stables and Coach House at Rheola HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Rheola HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Neath Canal near CrugauTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.