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
24848
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/02/2001
Date of Amendment
26/02/2001
Name of Property
White Bridge (also known as Berw Bridge)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Pontypridd
Town
Pontypridd
Locality
Coed-pen-maen
Easting
307749
Northing
191043
Street Side
Location
Spanning the River Taff approximately 0.7km NNE of Pontypridd Bridge.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built in 1907, designed by P R A Willoughby, surveyor to Pontypridd Urban District Council, in association with L G Mouchel & Partners, pioneers of reinforced concrete construction. The contractor was Watkin Williams & Page. Its river span, of 35m, was when built the longest reinforced concrete arch in Britain.
Exterior
Reinforced concrete bridge of a single arch spanning the river and narrower outer round-headed arches. The river is spanned by 3 parallel segmental trusses with cross braces and vertical spandrel columns to support the deck, springing from shallow piers on common bases. The outer arches have similar detail. The parapet has been replaced with modern galvanised railings. The abutments are of rock-faced sandstone, belonging to an earlier bridge on the site. The tops of piers have added lamp posts.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* as a major road bridge belonging to the first generation of reinforced concrete construction, a type of structure now exceptionally rare in Wales.
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