Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
10871
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/01/1991
Date of Amendment
10/01/1991
Name of Property
Bridge Over River Dare
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Aberdare West
Town
Locality
Cwmdare
Easting
298021
Northing
202920
Street Side
Location
Spanning the River Dare at the NW entrance to the Dare Valley Country Park. Reached down hill from Cwmdare.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably mid Cl9 high single arch and single track rubble bridge. This road formerly also crossed the Dare Valley Branch of the Taff Vale Railway and the Dare Branch of the Great Western Railway, to reach the Merthyrdare Colliery.
Exterior
Semi-circular arch with voussoirs. Splayed out at both ends with rounded corners to the parapets; pointed coping.
Interior
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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