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
16839
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1996
Date of Amendment
13/11/1997
Name of Property
Former Bridgend Tramroad bridge over Nant Cynffig
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Newcastle Higher
Town
Locality
Fountain
Easting
288558
Northing
183541
Street Side
Location
Located in the Nant Cynffig on a footpath leading N from Fountain Road, which crosses a railway line to Parc Slip Nature Park. The railway is immediately N of the bridge.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built to carry the Bridgend Railway, a horse-drawn railway built between 1827 and 1830 between Bridgend and the Dyffryn Llynfi and Porthcawl Railway, which in turn linked the area with the harbour at Porthcawl. The engineer for the railway was John Hodgkinson, who began as principal assistant to Benjamin Outram and became a leading early railway engineer in his own right, responsible for several important lines in South Wales and the Midlands. The railway opened in 1830 and was absorbed into the South Wales Railway in 1861 but abandoned by 1864.
Exterior
Single-arched bridge of coursed rubble sandstone, which has a round arch with tooled voussoirs and quoins. The abutments are swept out slightly. Above the arch is a shallow string course. Originally there was no parapet, but timber posts and iron rails have been added.
Interior
Reason for designation
A rare example of an early railway bridge and an important component of the early industrial history of the district.
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
Export