Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lonlas or Llwynbrydrau bridge
Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Peniel Green, Swansea, Llansamlet, designated on 16 January 2004.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 16 January 2004
- Locality
- Peniel Green
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Llansamlet
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.65915, -3.87393
- Cadw reference
- 82381
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)
- 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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Crossing the South Wales Railway just SW of the M4 motorway and approached from the W by Frederick Place.
History
Road bridge over the South Wales Railway, built c1850 probably to designs of I. K. Brunel. The Llansamlet station was originally just SE of the bridge which carried an important route from Llansamlet to Lonlas. The M4 motorway was built over this road and now the bridge serves a subway under the motorway.
Exterior
Road bridge over railway, rubble stone with tooled stone voussoirs to segmental single arch. Rubble stone parapets, with plinth on inner sides, the W parapet flat topped with coping stone, the E one roughly humped. Splayed abutments sloping down with tooled stone copings
Reason for designation
Included as a fine well-preserved mid C19 stone bridge probably designed by IK Brunel, the renowned Victorian engineer.
Nearby in the register
- Fourth arch over South Wales Railway at Peniel GreenTransportunder 1 mi
- Third arch over South Wales Railway at Peniel GreenNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Second arch over South Wales Railway at Peniel GreenTransportunder 1 mi
- First arch over South Wales Railway at Peniel GreenNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.