Wood seasoning shed & saw pit at Neath Canal Depot, Tonna, Neath Port Talbot

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6745 / 51°40'28"N

Longitude: -3.7812 / 3°46'52"W

OS Eastings: 276932

OS Northings: 198809

OS Grid: SS769988

Mapcode National: GBR H3.5RMD

Mapcode Global: VH5GN.D5WM

Plus Code: 9C3RM6F9+RG

Entry Name: Wood seasoning shed & saw pit at Neath Canal Depot

Listing Date: 28 March 1980

Last Amended: 25 February 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11841

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300011841

Location: On the N side of the Neath Canal opposite Lock House and facing a small yard.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Community: Tonna

Locality: Neath Canal Depot

Built-Up Area: Neath

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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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.

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. In poor condition at the time of inspection (Autumn 1999).

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Wood seasoning shed & saw pit at Neath Canal Depot

A Grade II Listed Building in Tonna, Neath Port Talbot