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
10880
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/01/1991
Date of Amendment
10/01/1991
Name of Property
Gate Piers at former Railway Crossing
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Aberdare West
Town
Locality
Trecynon
Easting
298884
Northing
203764
Street Side
Location
At the northern edge of Trecynon; beside the road at the 'S' bend.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
At this point the Great Western Railway (Aman Branch) crossed the road out of Trecynon to Cwmdare and Hirwaun. However these gate posts are placed too far apart for the single track railway that existed. Either the smaller of the two piers has been moved E or more likely it was infact a pier for a pedestrian gate at the side of the track.
Exterior
The left hand gate post is a complex assembly of cast iron and wood. Tapered cast iron column stamped GWR T47 with finial and spurs linking with thin square pole hinged to a massive timber post thickened to top with inverted spandrel stamped T116 between this and the arm that formerly attached to the gate; quatrefoil ornament. The plain square iron pier to right was probably a locking post for a pedestrian gate; pyramidal cap.
Interior
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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