Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont-y-rhyd-ddu (partly in Garw Valley community)
Garw Valley, Bridgend, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Shwt, Llangynwyd Lower, Garw Valley, Bridgend, designated on 23 October 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 23 October 1998
- Locality
- Shwt
- Town
- Llangynwyd Lower
- Community
- Garw Valley
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.56619, -3.60319
- Cadw reference
- 20743
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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)
- 1907 · 248 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
The bridge carries the road to Shwt, Bettws and Llangeinor across the Afon Llyvni, near the road junction with the A4063.
History
Probably built in the mid C19.
Exterior
Built of squared Pennant sandstone rubble. A segmental arch of narrow rubble voussoirs springing from vertical stone abutments, and spanning c. 8.4m between the margins of the river. The spandrels rise to an angled square string course at the base of the flush parapets, coped with roughly shaped semicircular rubble stones. Total height of the bridge coping from the water level is 6.3m. The abutment curves round on the W side.
Reason for designation
Included as a good and unaltered example of a mid C19 road bridge in an area of rich industrial and transport remains in the Llynfi Valley.
Nearby in the register
- Walls flanking the inclined plane joining the Bettws tramway to the DLP Railway.Transportunder 1 mi
- Ty IsafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nicholls Arms PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- Church of St David, BettwsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.