Aberdulais Lock on Tennant Canal, Blaenhonddan, Neath Port Talbot

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6788 / 51°40'43"N

Longitude: -3.7767 / 3°46'36"W

OS Eastings: 277256

OS Northings: 199275

OS Grid: SS772992

Mapcode National: GBR H4.5DRB

Mapcode Global: VH5GN.H28C

Plus Code: 9C3RM6HF+G8

Entry Name: Aberdulais Lock on Tennant Canal

Listing Date: 29 January 1980

Last Amended: 26 November 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11836

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300011836

Location: On the W bank of the Afon Nedd between the Tennant Canal and the Aberdulais Aqueduct.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Town: Neath

Community: Blaenhonddan

Locality: Aberdulais

Built-Up Area: Neath

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Lock

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History

Canal lock, c 1823, the only one on the main line of the Tennant canal. Engineered by William Kirkhouse, the Tennant canal was begun in 1821 and the aqueduct across the River Neath at Aberdulais was begun in 1823. The canal opened in 1824 from the Neath Canal at Aberdulais to Port Tennant, Swansea.

Exterior

Lock chamber with parallel walls of coursed stone. Wooden lower lock gates survive intact. Rebate of upper lock gates remains but is replaced by a wall.

Reasons for Listing

Included as the only lock on the main line of the Tennant Canal and as part of a group of canal structures at Aberdulais of special architectural and historic interest.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Lock keeper's and toll collector's office at SW end of Aberdulais Aqueduct
On the W bank of the Afon Nedd and on the S side of the Tennant Canal lock on the end of the Aberdulais Aqueduct.
II* Aberdulais Aqueduct (partly in Tonna community)
Spanning the Afon Nedd W of Aberdulais Basin and approximately 0.4km N of Tonna church.
II Aberdulais Viaduct (partly in Blaenrhonddan community)
Spanning the River Neath S of the Aberdulais Aqueduct and N of Dulais Fach Road.
II Aberdulais Viaduct (partly in Tonna community)
Spanning the Afon Nedd S of the Aberdulais Aqueduct and N of Dulais Fach Road.
II* Aberdulais Aqueduct (partly in Blaenhonddan community)
Spanning the River Neath W of Aberdulais Basin and approximately 0.4km N of Tonna church.
II Railway bridge on NE side of Railway Tavern
On the NE side of Railway Tavern N of Dulais Fach Road and S of Aberdulais Basin.
II Old Works Library at Aberdulais Falls Tinplate Works
The former tinplate works are on the E bank of the Afon Dulais just N of Main Road. The Old Works Library is on the S side near the road.
II Aberdulais Basin at the head of the Tennant Canal
Approximately 0.4km N of Tonna village on the E side of the River Neath and W of the Neath Canal.

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Aberdulais Lock on Tennant Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Blaenhonddan, Neath Port Talbot