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
22823
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/2000
Date of Amendment
31/01/2000
Name of Property
Ynys Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Pentyrch
Town
Locality
Taff Vale
Easting
312669
Northing
182573
Street Side
Location
Between Tongwynlais and Garth Wood, now by-passed by a new bridge close by to N.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Associated with the Pentyrch and Melingriffith works on the W bank of the Taff. Ironworks had been developed in the area in C16. By 1803 they were described as an area of extensive collieries abounding in iron ore. Melingriffith furnace rebuilt 1815, second furnace built 1830. Works described as comprising collieries, limestone quarries, brickworks, coke ovens, foundries, forges, 3 melling furnaces, 9 fineries...fitting shops, smiths, millwrights, pattern making shops. Failed in 1888 with introduction of steel. Site shown on first edition OS map immediately N of bridge; by late C20 completely cleared and redeveloped. On this map called Castle Coch Bridge. Style of masonry comparable to railway bridges of c 1860. The bridge provided important access to the main N/S thoroughfare on the E bank of the River Taff.
Exterior
Parapet of snecked rockfaced stone with giant coping stones of Radyr stone, a red conglomerate, roughly hewn; further band of Radyr stone at base of parapet. 2 narrow cutwater piers with moulded bands protruding beyond width of bridge either side, 3 wide elliptical arches with rough voussoirs, with pointed ends where not truncated against parapet and with a tooled edge.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an unaltered mid C19 bridge with close connections to the historic Pentyrch/Melingriffith ironworking site.
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