Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lock walls to mouth of Old Town Dock
Pillgwenlly, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Maritime
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1997
- Locality
- Pillgwenlly
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Pillgwenlly
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.57538, -2.97924
- Cadw reference
- 18179
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the N bank of the river Usk on the Old Dock Reach, lying immediately to the S of the roundabout junction of the A4042 with Dock Parade.
History
The Old Town Dock officially opened on the 15th October 1842, and closed in 1929, being infilled in 1932. Constructed to designs by John Rennie the younger (1794-1874), the nationally important engineer, by Dike and Meyrick of Bristol, for the Monmouthshire Canal Company. The dock entrance lock was only the third of its type to have been built in S Wales, and is the earliest dock entrance lock to survive.
Exterior
Mid C19 dock lock revetment walls at mouth of former Old Town Dock. Approximately 170 metres in length by 22 metres wide. Constructed of massive blocks of Pennant sandstone ashlar with granite jamb stones at rebates for former dock gates, since removed. Evidence of twin dock gates. Some cast iron bollards survive to either side of dock wall, beneath modern infill material and vegetation.
Reason for designation
Listed grade II as an historically important fragment of the Old Town Dock, the oldest surviving example of a dock entrance lock in South Wales.
Nearby in the register
- Malt HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Baltic Oil WorksCommercialunder 1 mi
- Catholic Church of St MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Public ConveniencesWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.