Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Iron bollard on E side of Afon Tawe
St. Thomas, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in New Cut, Swansea, St. Thomas, designated on 9 February 2004.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 9 February 2004
- Locality
- New Cut
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- St. Thomas
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.62481, -3.93554
- Cadw reference
- 82484
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
Set back some 3m back from the quay wall on the E side of the Afon tawe approximately 200m N of Tawe Bridge.
History
Mid C19 iron bollard on former quay on Afon Tawe. By the early C19 stone quays and tidal basins almost continuously lined the 4.8km dredged and navigable length of the river. The Tawe was straightened in this area by digging the New Cut in 1842-5. The bollard is similar to some on the W bank made by the Ynyscedwyn Iron Works. This type of bollard was widely exported from this notable ironworks at Ystradgynlais.
Exterior
Bollard, cast-iron stem some 60cm high with moulded flat rim and hemispherical cap.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a C19 iron bollard probably made at Ynyscedwyn, the notable ironworks at Ystradgynlais.
Nearby in the register
- Iron Bollard Close to River Tawe to N of New Cut BridgeGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Iron Bollard Close to River Tawe to N of New Cut BridgeGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- St. Matthew's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bethesda Baptist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.