Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20744
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/10/1998
Date of Amendment
23/10/1998
Name of Property
Walls flanking the inclined plane joining the Bettws tramway to the DLP Railway.
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Llangynwyd Lower
Town
Llangynwyd Lower
Locality
Goetre-hen
Easting
289127
Northing
185997
Street Side
W
Location
The inclined plane rises from near road level at a steep angle to join the former Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway on the W side of the valley, half-way between Nicholls Road and the Shwt turning off the A4063.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built c.1825-6 to provide direct access from the tramway from Sir Robert Price's coal workings at Bettws to the approximately contemporary Duyffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway running along the higher contours on the W side of the valley. The lower end of the plane was damaged when the A4063 was widened.
Exterior
An angled walled track preserved in woodland, and defined by side walls of rubble stonework set 3.04m apart, of height averaging 1.6m although reaching 3.3m in places where retaining the hill slope. The total rise is approximately 15m.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an important and well preserved monument of early railway development, and evocative of the early history of the industrial exploitation of the Llynfi valley.
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