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
11331
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/08/1979
Date of Amendment
14/07/1997
Name of Property
Iron bridge over River Llynfi
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Maesteg
Town
Maesteg
Locality
Maesteg
Easting
285117
Northing
191531
Street Side
Location
Located at the bottom end of Treharne Row, off Castle Street, and below the Rugby ground.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Cast 1835, probably by the Maesteg Ironworks, and delivered to the Cambrian Ironworks, which was floated in 1839. for erection to carry the parish road which provided access for their workers from housing areas across the Afon Llynfi to 'Yr waith newydd'. The date, MAESTEG 1835 is cast twice on the inside face of each of the outer frames.
Exterior
The bridge consists of two side castings of slightly cambered plate 430mm x 50mm thick, with arched braces, spanning between a continuous cast iron bearing built into each vertical ashlar stone abutment, designed to take thermal movement. The deck is carried on two intermediate 'T'-beams, 30cm deep and slightly fish bellied, carrying approximately 350mm wide rebated iron planks, the total width being 3.13m. The outer frames and T-beams are spaced by two round section iron tie bars. The 3-bay handrails, now of steel rod on slender square stanchions with knop finials and believed to reproduce the original ladder design. The fish-bellied beams and iron planks are similar to those provided by the company for the Duffryn, Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway, (1825).
Interior
Reason for designation
Included at Grade II* as an important example of a cast iron road bridge, and one where the span is cast in a single section. Of special interest as an example of Maesteg iron founding, of which very little survives.
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