Stable at Neath Canal Depot, Tonna, Neath Port Talbot

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6743 / 51°40'27"N

Longitude: -3.781 / 3°46'51"W

OS Eastings: 276948

OS Northings: 198783

OS Grid: SS769987

Mapcode National: GBR H3.5RPN

Mapcode Global: VH5GN.F50T

Plus Code: 9C3RM6F9+PJ

Entry Name: Stable at Neath Canal Depot

Listing Date: 25 February 2000

Last Amended: 25 February 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22865

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300022865

Location: On the E side and in the garden of Lock House on the S side of the Neath Canal.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Community: Tonna

Locality: Neath Canal Depot

Built-Up Area: Neath

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Stable

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History

The Neath Canal was begun in 1791 and opened in 1794. Traffic ceased in 1921. The stable was probably built in the late C18 in conjunction with Lock House and is shown on the Llantwit-juxta-Neath Tithe map of 1846. A wing was added to the building in the third quarter of the C19 and is first shown on the 1877 Ordnance Survey.

Exterior

The main range is at right angles to the canal, with its S gable end built into the bank, and is built of whitewashed rubble stone and slate roof, which has skylights to the E slope. The lower gable end has a boarded loft door. Facing a yard on the W side are 2 segmental-headed doorways, a loft opening below the eaves now infilled with brick incorporating pigeon holes, and a lower gabled wing at right angles towards the rear built into the bank. This wing has 4 doorways under lintels with replaced doors facing the yard on its N side. On the E side is an added lean-to at the N end, a boarded opening upper L of centre and a doorway lower L under a wooden lintel. In the S gable end is a loft doorway with wooden lintel and replaced door opening to the higher ground on this side.

Interior

Not inspected.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its industrial archaeological interest as an integral component of the most complete depot of any of the South Wales canals.

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II Nazareth Chapel
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II Church of St Anne
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Stable at Neath Canal Depot

A Grade II Listed Building in Tonna, Neath Port Talbot