Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16986
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/11/1995
Date of Amendment
29/11/1995
Name of Property
Pont Newydd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Cilycwm
Town
Locality
Cilycwm
Easting
275815
Northing
238432
Street Side
Location
Situated some 1.5 km S of Cilycwm on road to Llandovery.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
1822 road bridge over the Towy, built to similar technology as Dolauhirion Bridge (also in this community) of 1773, that is the revolutionary use of cylindrical piercing of the spandrels to lighten weight and provide a counterbalancing structural strength against the outward forces of the arch.
Exterior
Rubble stone road bridge, of single large elliptical arch with cut-stone voussoirs and keystones. Spandrels pierced by large weight-reducing circles, like Dolauhirion. Projecting shelf carrying parapet, following hump of bridge. Rubble stone parapets with flat tooled stone coping, the centre S capstone dated 1822. The abutments at SE and NW are splayed out on arches to ease approach lines.
Interior
Reason for designation
A handsome single-span stone bridge on the model of Dolauhirion
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