Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Groes Gwta
St. Bride's Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 3 March 1999
- Locality
- Croes Cwtta
- Community
- St. Bride's Major
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46144, -3.55842
- Cadw reference
- 21783
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Bridge crossing the River Alun. Located N of the railway bridge at Croes Cwtta. The lane leads N towards Ewenny, with Castle-upon-Alun to the W and Wick to the SE. On the boundary with Ewenny community.
History
Probably C18. Restored in 1996.
Exterior
Two-span bridge with slightly ramped deck. Two small round arches with voussoirs, that to the S being smaller. The E side of the latter is very small with an almost flat arch. Constructed of coursed grey masonry with string course, end piers, and parapets with saddleback copings. The E side has a triangular cutwater. The date 1896 is engraved in the stonework and concrete pavement of the deck.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved C18 bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Barn and attached ranges at Wallas FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Llampha Court and attached barn rangeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castle-upon-Alun House including attached stone walls enclosing garden, and outbuildingDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Byre at Castle-upon-Alun HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.