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
84264
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
23/12/2004  
Date of Amendment
16/03/2005  
Name of Property
Pont Dologau (partly in Ysbyty Ystwyth community)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Pontarfynach  
Town
Ystrad Meurig  
Locality
Hafod  
Easting
277068  
Northing
273348  
Street Side
 
Location
Carrying drive over the Afon Ystwyth on the Hafod estate some 360m SE of Eglwys Newydd church.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Road bridge carrying forestry road to Dologau over the Ysywyth. Late C18, built for Thomas Johnes of Hafod as part of his estate improvements in the early 1790s. Illustrated in J. 'Warwick' Smith collection of views of the picturesque features of the estate as Tyloge Bridge, engraved by J. Stadler. Mentioned by G. Cumberland 1796 as a 'rude bridge'. The bridge was a viewpoint for the cascades of the Ystwyth and the Nant Gau which joins from the S. The New Walk continuing up the Ystwyth gorge was being built in 1796 but incomplete until 1805. The broken concrete dam just upstream is a barrage for hydro-electricity made by W. Tarrant, owner, 1940-2.  

Exterior
Road bridge, rough rubble stone left deliberately rustic with deeply raked joints to give impression of dry stone. Large single arch set high over cascades of the Ystwyth with recessed long rough stone voussoirs of alternating lengths. Parapets removed and replaced with C20 wooden rail. Narrow roadway.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a picturesque stone bridge of 'rustic' masonry, an important survivor of Thomas Johnes' estate works at Hafod.  

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