Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Cwm Banw
The Vale of Grwyney, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Grwyne Fechan, The Vale of Grwyney, Powys, designated on 19 November 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 19 November 1998
- Locality
- Grwyne Fechan
- Community
- The Vale of Grwyney
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.89915, -3.11419
- Cadw reference
- 20854
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On a minor road through Grwyne Fechan approximately 2.5km N of Llanbedr church and W of Neuadd Fawr.
Exterior
C19 single-carriageway bridge of rubble sandstone. A round arch has thin voussoirs. The abutments are splayed out on the downstream side. The low parapet is partly rebuilt, has a flat coping and terminates in square piers.
Reason for designation
Good example of a C19 bridge, one of a number of fine stone bridges spanning the Grwyne Fawr and Fechan.
Nearby in the register
- Road bridge at The BontTransportunder 1 mi
- The Old ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The MillDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Flour and Grist Mill at The MillAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.