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
17248
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/03/1996
Date of Amendment
15/03/1996
Name of Property
Tramroad Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llanfoist Fawr
Town
Locality
Cwm Llanwenarth
Easting
325963
Northing
213347
Street Side
Location
To south-west of Govilon and the disused railway line. Situated in woodland and spanning the stream that runs down Cwm Llanwenarth.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built to carry Bailey's Tramroad across Cwm Llanwenarth. This tramroad was built by Crawshay Bailey and was opened in 1821 from Nantyglo Ironworks to the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal at Govilon. The line of the tramroad at this point followed a loop along the contour of the valley. It was superseded when the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Branch line opened in 1862.
Exterior
Substantial single-arched tramroad bridge built of local coursed rubble. The semicircular arch has dressed stone voussoirs and the parapets are swept out at either end. Now overgrown.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a surviving early C19 tramroad bridge.
Scheduled Ancient Monument No Mm 204.
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