Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Entrance gate piers and railings to Bronwydd Park
Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tynycymmer, Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff, designated on 1 August 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 1 August 1996
- Locality
- Tynycymmer
- Town
- Porth
- Community
- Porth
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61040, -3.41099
- Cadw reference
- 17124
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1907 · 248 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on W side of Porth at the end of the road leading from High Street (Cymmer) to Bronwydd Park.
History
Bronwydd house was built for William Evans of Thomas and Evans the firm which owned many shops and businesses in Porth; in 1920 he gave 20 acres of land adjacent to the house to the town for a park.
Exterior
Five gate piers of moulded concrete though finished and painted to look like stone, a simpler version of the Bronwydd gate piers nearby, with moulded plinths, inset panels, pyramidal capstones. A curved brick wall with decorative railings surmounted by scrolls joins the outer piers on each side forming a bay, with the 3 central piers and decorative metal gates - the centre pair with raised sides incorporating balusters and urns - forming separate pedestrian and vehicle entrances.
Reason for designation
Included for group value as an imposing entrance to Bronwydd park which is of interest for its associations with William Evans of Thomas and Evans.
Nearby in the register
- Entrance gate piers and railings to BronwyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Statue to William Evans in Bronwydd ParkCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Bronwydd House and attached front terraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Revetment wall, doorways and railings to Mount PleasantDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.