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
11145
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/08/1989
Date of Amendment
09/04/2003
Name of Property
Ornamental bridge in grounds of Pantglas
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfynydd
Town
Locality
Pantglas
Easting
254895
Northing
225634
Street Side
Location
In the landscaped grounds below and to SE of the former house, with the former stable block to the NE.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Pantglas was built c1850-4 for David Jones, banker and MP. The gardens were an integral part of the rebuilding of Pantglas. Although it has been argued that the gardens were designed by Mrs Jones and her gardener Alexander Barclay, the bridge might have been designed by the architect of the house, possibly William Wesley Jenkins of London or James Wilson of Bath. The house was mostly demolished by 1988 and the grounds have since been converted to a holiday village.
Exterior
A classical style bridge of coursed and squared masonry. A single span has a round arch with voussoirs, and is flanked by pilasters. Abutments are splayed out at the ends and have terminal square piers carried up as piers terminating the parapet. The parapet is blind above the abutments, and forms a balustrade above the arch. The deck is grass covered.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-designed C19 garden structure and for group value with the stable and coach house block and entrance tower of the former house.
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