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
22859
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/02/2000
Date of Amendment
25/02/2000
Name of Property
Penlan-fach bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Tonna
Town
Locality
Wenallt
Easting
278016
Northing
198850
Street Side
Location
On an unclassified road to Wenallt Farm approximately 1km ESE of Tonna church spanning a stream and the former Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
A bridge built 1839-42 over an inclined section of the Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway, engineered by William Kirkhouse, who may therefore also have built the overbridge.
Exterior
A single-carriageway coursed rubble-stone bridge with a single round arch with dressed arch ring. The imposts have fragments of former pilasters on the N side. The abutments are stepped, and are flanked by later abutments discernible by straight joints. There is no parapet.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its industrial archaeological interest as a well-detailed early bridge associated with the Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway.
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