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
21302
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
05/02/1999  
Date of Amendment
05/02/1999  
Name of Property
Bont Newydd  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Gorslas  
Town
Llanelli  
Locality
Gors Farm  
Easting
254365  
Northing
216368  
Street Side
 
Location
Carrying a minor road over a right tributary of the Gwendraeth Fach, 400m north of Gors farmhouse, one of two bridges near the entrance to Aberdauddwr.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
A small bridge on a non-turnpike road, typical of many minor County bridges of the period c.1800.  

Exterior
Picturesquely sited across a bend in the river Gwendraeth Fach in a narrow valley, Bont Newydd is a single-arch segmental bridge of about 5m span in limestone, without an emphasised keystone. Thin course slightly corbelled at parapet-base level. The carriageway is about 3.6m wide between parapets. The parapets in random rubble, with original copings of large limestone blocks surviving on one side. The upstream parapet extends for about 10m, the downstream parapet for about 15m. The outer (right) bank of the river bend both upstream and downstream from the bridge is protected from scouring by revetment in large limestone blocks for about 20m. Immediately below the bridge is a shallow over a rock ledge, probably the remains of a ford predating it.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as an unspoilt picturesque vernacular bridge of c.1800.  

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