Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
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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