Aqueduct Cottage at Goytre Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 July 2001. Cottage.

Aqueduct Cottage at Goytre Wharf

WRENN ID
western-bronze-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 July 2001
Type
Cottage
Address
Aqueduct Cottage at Goytre Wharf, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Pontypool, Goetre Fawr
OS grid reference
SO 313 063
Coordinates
51.75153, -2.99628
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Aqueduct Cottage at Goytre Wharf is a small cottage located close to the canal embankment, likely built for a lengthman. It is made of random local sandstone rubble with red brick details and has Welsh slate roofs. The cottage has an L-shaped layout, featuring a main two-storey block with a slightly lower extension and a single-storey kitchen wing. This structure may have been built all at once or partly in the mid to late 19th century, as suggested by the window alterations.

The entrance is positioned at the inner angle of the L and features a later timber porch leading into the main block, which has a gabled slate roof. Above the entrance is a 2 + 2 casement window with a brick arched head, a modification from the late 19th century. The lower wing on the left side is blind but includes a plain doorway with a brick arched head. To the right, the kitchen wing has a single light window and a gable roof with a large end stack. The left gable of the main block has a 3-light casement window below and a 2-light one above, consistent with the earlier design. The rear elevation features a 2-light casement window on the ground floor of the lower section and one on each floor of the higher section. The gable facing the bank is blind but has a partially protruding stack. The main block has two roofs, with the higher part having end stacks that have been rebuilt.

The interior was not available for inspection during the resurvey, but it is expected to contain very small rooms.

Local climate

Aqueduct Cottage at Goytre Wharf receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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